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Hemlock Knob

Hemlock Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Hemlock Knob rises to 1,473 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Davis, a peak 0.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31626904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1472.61 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.57186, -83.62258

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Indian Flats Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Hazel Creek Cascades: 2.9 mi
  • Lynn Camp Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Marks Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Yanu Branch Cascade: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 9.3 mi
  • Ober Mountain Coaster: 9.7 mi
  • Ski Mountain Coaster: 9.7 mi
  • Otter: 9.8 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 9.8 mi
Parks: 51
  • Mynatt Park: 10.8 mi
  • David Monteith Park: 12.6 mi
  • Swain County Recreation Park: 13.8 mi
  • MacNeill Park: 13.9 mi
  • Swain County Park: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 13
Picnic sites: 11
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 12.0 mi
  • Fish: 15.4 mi
  • Selu Statue: 19.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 20.7 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 3
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Hemlock Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiE 95°2,024.79 m7.0 mi
Mt. BuckleyE 96°2,004.12 m6.6 mi
Mount LoveE 93°1,955.79 m7.3 mi
Mount CollinsE 83°1,888.71 m8.5 mi
Andrews BaldESE 107°1,801.11 m7.6 mi
Silers BaldE 97°1,706.06 m3.2 mi
Jenkins KnobE 96°1,697.78 m4.4 mi
Thunderhead MountainW 267°1,685.16 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:46
June solstice06:2020:1620:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 9 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

OpenStreetMap element node/356773742

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