Chimney Tops
Chimney Tops rises to 1,440 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Harry, a historic site 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Chimney Tops is a mountain in the central Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. It is 4,724 feet (1,440 m) above sea level. Chimney Tops is a double-capstone knob on the eastern slope of the Sugarland Mountain massif, which stretches north-south across the north-central section of the Smokies. Mount Le Conte resides east of Chimney Tops and Mt. Mingus southeast of Chimney Tops. Thus, while the view from the summit is 360 degrees, Chimney Tops is practically "walled in" on three sides.
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Wikidata Q5099418, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1440.18 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 13.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 13.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 3 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 3 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trickling Falls: 0.7 mi
- Talking Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.4 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 3.0 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Mingus: 1.3 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Balsam Point: 1.7 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 2.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 2.3 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.7 mi
- Hellbender: 5.7 mi
- Birdventure: 5.8 mi
- Ripley's Haunted Adventure: 6.1 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.4 mi
- Mills Park: 7.6 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.7 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 13.0 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 13.1 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 6.2 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 0.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 2.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 6.8 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.7 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 11.7 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 5.0 mi
- Cat Stairs: 9.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 10.4 mi
- Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Bear: 6.2 mi
- Fish: 11.9 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 17.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.7 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 1.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 24.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 20.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Chimney Tops. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 194° | 2,024.79 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NE 53° | 2,009.55 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 199° | 2,004.12 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NE 53° | 2,004 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cliff Top | NE 47° | 1,996.55 m | 2.6 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ENE 57° | 1,991.56 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 191° | 1,955.79 m | 4.4 mi |
| West Point | NE 38° | 1,937.31 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1280482 — Chimney Tops, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356794386
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