Burnt Mountain
Burnt Mountain rises to 1,022 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Huskey Branch Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4610062.
Wikidata Q31664807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,022.19 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 16.3 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 3 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 8 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Huskey Branch Falls: 0.9 mi
- Fish Camp Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 2.7 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 2.8 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 3.2 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 3.9 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 4.0 mi
- Otter: 4.0 mi
- Bears: 4.1 mi
- Amazing Mirror Maze: 5.2 mi
- Maloney Point: 2.1 mi
- Blanket Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Little Goshen: 2.9 mi
- Dripping Spring Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Meigs Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mynatt Park: 4.9 mi
- Mills Park: 9.2 mi
- Patriot Park: 9.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 10.4 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 14.7 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 5.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 6.1 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 10.2 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 10.5 mi
- Alum Cave: 6.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 10.0 mi
- East End: 12.7 mi
- Cat Stairs: 12.9 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 3.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 5.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 9.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 9.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 10.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Bear: 6.1 mi
- Fish: 9.9 mi
- Veterans Statue: 15.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 15.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 19.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 3.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 11.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.0 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Burnt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SE 146° | 2,025 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | E 85° | 2,010 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSE 149° | 2,004 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | E 85° | 2,004 m | 7.3 mi |
| Cliff Top | E 84° | 1,997 m | 6.9 mi |
| Myrtle Point | E 86° | 1,992 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Love | SE 143° | 1,956 m | 6.8 mi |
| West Point | E 84° | 1,937 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356791361
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