Mount Ambler
Mount Ambler rises to 1,865 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Kephart, a peak 0.5 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31660264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1865.34 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 9.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 2 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Kephart: 0.5 mi
- Masa Knob: 1.1 mi
- Charlies Bunyon: 1.3 mi
- Anakeesta Knob: 1.3 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 0.8 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 3.8 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Trickling Falls: 4.3 mi
- Talking Falls: 4.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 2.7 mi
- Hellbender: 8.5 mi
- Birdventure: 8.6 mi
- Rail Runner: 8.6 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 9.0 mi
- Mills Park: 8.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 8.7 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 10.3 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 10.6 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 10.7 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 8.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 9.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 9.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 9.2 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 10.3 mi
- Fort Harry: 4.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 7.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 10.7 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 12.2 mi
- The Jumpoff: 0.6 mi
- Alum Cave: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 6.0 mi
- Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 7.2 mi
- Bear: 8.9 mi
- Selu Statue: 11.8 mi
- Fish: 14.6 mi
- Veterans Statue: 19.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 19.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 11.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 10.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.3 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 24.4 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 15.8 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 16.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 22.5 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 18.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 6.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 8.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Mount Ambler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SW 234° | 2,024.79 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NW 310° | 2,009.55 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SW 236° | 2,004.12 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NW 310° | 2,004 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cliff Top | NW 305° | 1,996.55 m | 3.5 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NW 312° | 1,991.56 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Chapman | ENE 58° | 1,960.2 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Love | SW 235° | 1,955.79 m | 6.9 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 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 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 1023656 — Mount Ambler, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356773874
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