Jenkins Knob
Jenkins Knob rises to 1,698 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Suli Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31675757, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1697.78 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 7 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 7 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Suli Knob: 0.9 mi
- Silers Bald: 1.2 mi
- Mt. Buckley: 2.2 mi
- Fern Knob: 2.6 mi
- Kuwohi: 2.6 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 2.4 mi
- Rock Slab Falls: 2.5 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 2.6 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 2.9 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 3.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 7.9 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 8.7 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 9.4 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 9.5 mi
- Otter: 9.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 9.5 mi
- David Monteith Park: 10.0 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 10.6 mi
- MacNeill Park: 10.8 mi
- Bryson City Island Park: 10.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 10.1 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 10.2 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 10.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 10.8 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 11.0 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 6.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 7.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 9.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 15.2 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 9.4 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- Bear: 10.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.0 mi
- Fish: 15.4 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.9 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.2 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 22.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 13.9 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.7 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Jenkins Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 94° | 2,024.79 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NE 45° | 2,009.55 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | E 96° | 2,004.12 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NE 45° | 2,004 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cliff Top | NE 42° | 1,996.55 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Love | E 88° | 1,955.79 m | 2.9 mi |
| West Point | NE 40° | 1,937.31 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Collins | ENE 70° | 1,888.71 m | 4.3 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 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 7 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 1306621 — Jenkins Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356845183
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