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Little Chestnut Bald

Little Chestnut Bald, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31677467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1495 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.56592, -83.64518

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Parks: 57
  • 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
Museums: 21
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 13.1 mi
  • Fish: 16.2 mi
  • Selu Statue: 20.3 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 21.3 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 12.7 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 19.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiE 91°2,024.79 m8.3 mi
Mt. BuckleyE 92°2,004.12 m7.8 mi
Mount LoveE 90°1,955.79 m8.5 mi
Andrews BaldESE 102°1,801.11 m8.7 mi
Silers BaldE 90°1,706.06 m4.5 mi
Jenkins KnobE 90°1,697.78 m5.6 mi
Thunderhead MountainW 273°1,685.16 m3.4 mi
Rocky TopW 268°1,657.32 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1620:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 8 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356773868

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