Camel Hump Knob
Camel Hump Knob rises to 1,585 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Camel Hump Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31665312, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,585.36 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 13.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 14 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.3 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.4 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 2.6 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
- Camel Hump Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Ross Knob: 1.1 mi
- Inadu Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Inadu Knob: 1.3 mi
- Snake Den Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 13.8 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.8 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 14.3 mi
- Hellbender: 16.0 mi
- Birdventure: 16.1 mi
- Mills Park: 13.0 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 13.2 mi
- Chestnut Hill Park: 15.6 mi
- Bryant Town Park: 15.8 mi
- Dog walking: 15.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 13.4 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 15.2 mi
- Fort Harry: 15.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 15.5 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 16.0 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 16.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 17.0 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 2.9 mi
- Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 6.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 7.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 11.5 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Bear: 16.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 18.4 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 19.3 mi
- Fish: 19.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 4.1 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 5.5 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 10.6 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 14.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 17.9 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 19.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 21.4 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 7.2 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 9.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 17.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Camel Hump Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WSW 238° | 2,019 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Chapman | SW 228° | 1,960 m | 4.0 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 251° | 1,939 m | 2.3 mi |
| Luftee Knob | S 177° | 1,894 m | 2.3 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SW 219° | 1,883 m | 2.8 mi |
| Marks Knob | SSW 209° | 1,878 m | 3.6 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,875 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SW 215° | 1,875 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 7 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/357811194
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