Hemlock Knob
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
- 8.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 8 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 11 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Davis: 0.6 mi
- Cold Spring Knob: 1.0 mi
- Big Chestnut Bald: 1.1 mi
- Little Chestnut Bald: 1.3 mi
- Peak 4820: 2.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 10.3 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 11.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 11.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 12.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 13.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 10.9 mi
- Emert Bluff: 12.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 13.8 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 8.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 9.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 15.5 mi
- 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
- Bear: 12.0 mi
- Fish: 15.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 19.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.7 mi
- Elkmont: 6.1 mi
- Proctor: 9.0 mi
- Judson: 12.0 mi
- Calderwood: 21.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 7.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 16.6 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.6 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.2 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 24.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 16.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 95° | 2,024.79 m | 7.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | E 96° | 2,004.12 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Love | E 93° | 1,955.79 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Collins | E 83° | 1,888.71 m | 8.5 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ESE 107° | 1,801.11 m | 7.6 mi |
| Silers Bald | E 97° | 1,706.06 m | 3.2 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | E 96° | 1,697.78 m | 4.4 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | W 267° | 1,685.16 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356773742
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