Marks Knob
Marks Knob rises to 1,878 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the north-northwest, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hardison, a peak 0.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Marks Knob is a mountain in the central Great Smoky Mountains, in the southeastern United States. It has an elevation of 6,169 feet (1,880 m), with 249 feet (76 m) of clean prominence. Its summit is a popular bushwhacking destination and one of the most difficult-to-reach summits of the Southern Sixers.
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Wikidata Q14708031, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1878.29 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.1 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 17.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 11 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hardison: 0.6 mi
- Mount Yonaguska: 1.0 mi
- Tricorner Knob: 1.1 mi
- Mount Chapman: 1.3 mi
- Thermo Knob: 1.7 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.2 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.3 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 3.5 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 4.8 mi
- Lower Enloe Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 11.0 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 11.1 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 12.8 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 13.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 13.7 mi
- Mills Park: 11.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.6 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 14.1 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 14.2 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 14.2 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.0 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.0 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 14.0 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 14.5 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 15.0 mi
- Masonic Monument: 10.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.5 mi
- Fort Harry: 13.0 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 13.4 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.2 mi
- Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 3.0 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 6.5 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 8.5 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.9 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Bear: 14.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.9 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.7 mi
- Fish: 18.8 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 21.2 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 6.9 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.3 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.6 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 17.4 mi
- Burnett Spring: 18.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.6 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 21.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 21.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 10.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Marks Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NNW 344° | 2,019.13 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WNW 290° | 1,960.2 m | 1.3 mi |
| Old Black | N 351° | 1,938.61 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mount Kephart | WSW 247° | 1,895.27 m | 8.6 mi |
| Luftee Knob | ENE 65° | 1,894.26 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | N 1° | 1,883.44 m | 1.0 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | E 98° | 1,875.19 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Hardison | N 356° | 1,874.57 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 9 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 989348 — Marks Knob, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357777663
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