Look Rock
Look Rock rises to 810 m in Tennessee. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the south-southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Look Rock Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31678891, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 810.463 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shute Cove Overlook · 21 mi
- Stratton Ridge · 21 mi
- Whig Cove · 22 mi
- Haw Knob · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Black Sulphur Knobs: 3.1 mi
- Ellis Butt: 3.2 mi
- Woodpecker Knobs: 4.4 mi
- Spruce Double: 4.5 mi
- Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 6.7 mi
- Pearson Springs Park: 7.2 mi
- Sandy Springs Park: 7.6 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 8.0 mi
- Bicentennial Greenbelt Park: 8.5 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 8.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 9.5 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 11.2 mi
- Tree of Shame: 11.6 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 12.2 mi
- Abrams Falls: 3.9 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 9.3 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 11.1 mi
- Twentymile Creek Cascade: 11.9 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 12.0 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 8.7 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 11.9 mi
- Chota Monument: 12.0 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 14.9 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 8.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 11.1 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 13.0 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 15.9 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 21.1 mi
- Morton Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Emert Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 19.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 21.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 21.5 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 21.5 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 21.5 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 9.7 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 21.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 21.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 21.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 22.7 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 8.4 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 21.9 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 22.1 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 23.4 mi
- Fish: 24.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 20.1 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.5 mi
- Hardin Spring: 20.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 21.8 mi
- Calderwood: 9.6 mi
- Proctor: 16.4 mi
- Elkmont: 20.3 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Look Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | SSE 152° | 1,505.1 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | SSE 148° | 1,452 m | 9.1 mi |
| Devils Tater Patch | SE 125° | 1,451 m | 10.4 mi |
| Little Bald | ESE 123° | 1,445 m | 10.6 mi |
| Parson Bald | SSE 158° | 1,441.65 m | 8.8 mi |
| Doe Knob | SE 137° | 1,381.11 m | 10.1 mi |
| Brier Lick Knob | SE 139° | 1,379.07 m | 10.0 mi |
| Greer Knob | SE 138° | 1,362.08 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356817628
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