High Rocks
High Rocks rises to 1,578 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Bearwallow Bald, a peak 0.9 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31627631, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1577.95 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 9.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 12 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bearwallow Bald: 0.9 mi
- Welch Bald: 0.9 mi
- Bee Knob: 1.2 mi
- Hawk Knob: 1.5 mi
- Mount Glory: 1.6 mi
- Upper Bear Creek Falls: 3.2 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Jonas Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 5.7 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 13.9 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 14.0 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 14.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 14.1 mi
- David Monteith Park: 9.1 mi
- Swain County Park: 9.2 mi
- MacNeill Park: 10.9 mi
- Riverfront Park: 10.9 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 11.0 mi
- The Jump-up: 11.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Alum Cave: 13.8 mi
- Winding Stairs: 15.3 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 11.0 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 11.1 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 11.1 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 14.3 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 15.7 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Fort Harry: 12.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Junaluska Memorial: 16.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 10.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 11.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Bear: 16.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 17.9 mi
- Fish: 20.3 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 23.8 mi
- Moai Statue: 24.0 mi
- Proctor: 6.2 mi
- Judson: 7.4 mi
- Elkmont: 10.9 mi
- Calderwood: 20.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 16.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 17.1 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 20.5 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 23.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 11.3 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 18.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 20.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 20.6 mi
- Wine Spring: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of High Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | ENE 58° | 2,024.79 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | NE 56° | 2,004.12 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Love | ENE 57° | 1,955.79 m | 8.6 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ENE 69° | 1,801.11 m | 7.6 mi |
| Silers Bald | NE 34° | 1,706.06 m | 5.5 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | NE 43° | 1,697.78 m | 6.2 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | NW 315° | 1,685.16 m | 6.8 mi |
| Rocky Top | NW 310° | 1,657.32 m | 6.9 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 | 16:47 | 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 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Robbinsville AG 5 NE, 10 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 1012048 — High Rocks, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357802090
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