Mount Clark
Mount Clark rises to 1,173 m in North Carolina. Myrtle Point stands 1,992 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stand Watie, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31620868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1173.37 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 2.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Stand Watie: 1.1 mi
- Newton Bald: 1.9 mi
- Fox Knob: 2.8 mi
- Mount Noble: 3.0 mi
- Becks Bald: 3.4 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 2.8 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 2.8 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 2.9 mi
- Mingo Falls: 3.0 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 3.7 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 5.5 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 5.6 mi
- Arch Rock: 9.0 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 9.5 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 10.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 4.0 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 4.4 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 4.5 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 4.6 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 6.1 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 4.5 mi
- Masonic Monument: 8.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 10.5 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 10.7 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 12.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 2.7 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 4.2 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 4.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 10.5 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- The Jumpoff: 7.0 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.0 mi
- Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 9.3 mi
- Cat Stairs: 12.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 5.5 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 13.2 mi
- Sylva Mural: 13.3 mi
- Moai Statue: 13.3 mi
- Bear: 15.4 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 8.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 4.7 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Vista Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 19.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 19.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 15.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 16.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 22.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 11.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Mount Clark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Point | NW 321° | 1,991.56 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Kephart | NNW 328° | 1,895.27 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Collins | WNW 288° | 1,888.71 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Ambler | NW 324° | 1,865.34 m | 6.6 mi |
| Anakeesta Knob | NW 320° | 1,826.86 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cataloochee Balsam | ENE 74° | 1,819 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Sequoyah | NNE 13° | 1,819 m | 9.0 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,811.24 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconaluftee, 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 1004645 — Mount Clark, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357798727
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