Little Chestnut Bald
Little Chestnut Bald rises to 1,495 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Chestnut Bald, a peak 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31677467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,495 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 14.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 10 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Chestnut Bald: 0.3 mi
- Mount Davis: 0.7 mi
- Peak 4820: 1.0 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 1.3 mi
- Devils Courthouse: 1.7 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 9.3 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 9.4 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 9.6 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 10.2 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.6 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 2.0 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 3.6 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 5.1 mi
- Mynatt Park: 11.9 mi
- David Monteith Park: 13.1 mi
- Swain County Park: 13.9 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 14.5 mi
- MacNeill Park: 14.6 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 9.8 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 12.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 12.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 14.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Emert Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Alum Cave: 12.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 15.1 mi
- The Jump-up: 15.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 10.8 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 16.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 7.6 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Bear: 13.1 mi
- Fish: 16.2 mi
- Selu Statue: 20.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.3 mi
- Dolly Parton: 21.3 mi
- Elkmont: 7.1 mi
- Proctor: 7.9 mi
- Judson: 12.1 mi
- Calderwood: 19.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 9.1 mi
- Greenbrier: 17.9 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 19.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Little Chestnut Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 91° | 2,025 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | E 92° | 2,004 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Love | E 90° | 1,956 m | 8.5 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ESE 102° | 1,801 m | 8.7 mi |
| Silers Bald | E 90° | 1,706 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | E 90° | 1,698 m | 5.6 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | W 273° | 1,685 m | 3.4 mi |
| Rocky Top | W 268° | 1,657 m | 3.9 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 | 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, 8 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/356773868
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