Devils Courthouse
Devils Courthouse rises to 1,406 m in Tennessee. Silers Bald stands 1,706 m to the east, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Bench, a peak 0.5 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31668819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,406.04 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.9 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 10 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 14 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 14 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Bench: 0.5 mi
- Brier Knob: 0.6 mi
- Peak 4820: 0.7 mi
- Little Chestnut Bald: 1.7 mi
- Big Chestnut Bald: 1.9 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 8.0 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 8.0 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.3 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.8 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.8 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 2.8 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- Spruce Flats Falls: 4.0 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 5.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 12.3 mi
- David Monteith Park: 14.7 mi
- Swain County Park: 15.2 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 15.8 mi
- Patriot Park: 16.1 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.3 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 12.7 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.6 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 14.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Emert Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 13.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 16.4 mi
- East End: 16.5 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 10.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 11.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 16.1 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 16.1 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 5.9 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Bear: 13.5 mi
- Fish: 16.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.9 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.0 mi
- Dolly Parton: 21.0 mi
- Elkmont: 7.4 mi
- Proctor: 7.8 mi
- Judson: 13.4 mi
- Calderwood: 18.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 10.1 mi
- Greenbrier: 18.7 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 24.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 21.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Devils Courthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silers Bald | E 97° | 1,706 m | 6.0 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | E 96° | 1,698 m | 7.2 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,685 m | 2.0 mi |
| Rocky Top | WSW 250° | 1,657 m | 2.5 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | SW 230° | 1,651 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | E 86° | 1,596 m | 3.6 mi |
| Brier Knob | SW 225° | 1,591 m | 0.6 mi |
| High Rocks | SSE 152° | 1,578 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 6 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1282388 — Devils Courthouse, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356798213
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