Lookout Rock
Lookout Rock rises to 1,354 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Winnesoka, a peak 0.4 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31678979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,354.1 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 5 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 5 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grotto Falls: 1.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.4 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Thousand Drips: 3.2 mi
- Trickling Falls: 5.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.4 mi
- Hellbender: 4.1 mi
- Birdventure: 4.2 mi
- Rail Runner: 4.3 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 4.7 mi
- Mount Winnesoka: 0.4 mi
- Round Top: 0.7 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Mount le Conte - High Top: 2.4 mi
- Mills Park: 3.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 4.6 mi
- Patriot Park: 9.5 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 11.3 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 13.7 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 4.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.0 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 5.0 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 9.3 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 11.0 mi
- Fort Harry: 4.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 8.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 9.5 mi
- Alum Cave: 3.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.5 mi
- Cat Stairs: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 2.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Bear: 4.4 mi
- Fish: 9.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 14.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 14.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.8 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 16.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.5 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 22.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- Greenbrier: 3.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 5.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 4.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 17.9 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Lookout Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 203° | 2,025 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | S 184° | 2,010 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 205° | 2,004 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | S 184° | 2,004 m | 2.4 mi |
| Cliff Top | SSW 194° | 1,997 m | 2.4 mi |
| Myrtle Point | S 177° | 1,992 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Chapman | E 91° | 1,960 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 202° | 1,956 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 2 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 1292040 — Lookout Rock, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356817640
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