Camel Hump Mountain
Camel Hump Mountain rises to 1,391 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Camel Hump Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31665293, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,391.2 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 15.4 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 14.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 15 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camel Hump Knob: 0.8 mi
- Ross Knob: 1.0 mi
- Cosby Knob: 1.4 mi
- Inadu Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Rocky Face Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 2.3 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.8 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 2.9 mi
- Mouse Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 4.5 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 13.9 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 14.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.4 mi
- Hellbender: 16.5 mi
- Birdventure: 16.5 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Mills Park: 13.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill Park: 15.1 mi
- Bryant Town Park: 15.1 mi
- Irish Cut Road Park: 15.6 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 16.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 16.4 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 17.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 17.3 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 17.4 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 14.0 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 15.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 16.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 17.7 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 2.1 mi
- Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.1 mi
- Cat Stairs: 8.3 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 10.1 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Bear: 16.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 19.1 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 19.6 mi
- Fish: 19.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.9 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 3.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 5.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 10.0 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.0 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 14.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 6.5 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.7 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 19.5 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 21.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 10.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 18.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 15.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Camel Hump Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | SW 231° | 2,019 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Chapman | SW 225° | 1,960 m | 4.8 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 240° | 1,939 m | 2.9 mi |
| Luftee Knob | S 185° | 1,894 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SW 216° | 1,883 m | 3.6 mi |
| Marks Knob | SSW 209° | 1,878 m | 4.4 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,875 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SSW 213° | 1,875 m | 3.9 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 | 07:21 | 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/2454963363
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