Mount Collins
Mount Collins rises to 1,889 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarland Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Collins is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. It has an elevation of 6,188 feet (1,886 m) above sea level. Located along the Appalachian Trail between Kuwohi and Newfound Gap, the mountain is a popular destination for thru-hikers. A backcountry shelter and a major trail junction are located along the mountain's northeastern slope. The mountain's summit is covered by a southern Appalachian spruce–fir forest.
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Wikidata Q6920210, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,888.71 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 11.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 4 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Talking Falls: 2.0 mi
- Trickling Falls: 2.5 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 2.6 mi
- Rock Slab Falls: 3.5 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 4.5 mi
- Arch Rock: 4.1 mi
- Rail Runner: 8.7 mi
- Hellbender: 8.7 mi
- Birdventure: 8.7 mi
- Ripley's Haunted Adventure: 9.0 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Mount Love: 1.8 mi
- Kuwohi: 2.2 mi
- Mount Mingus: 2.3 mi
- Mount Weaver: 2.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 8.3 mi
- Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 10.3 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 10.4 mi
- Mills Park: 10.5 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 10.5 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 9.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 9.0 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 9.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 10.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 10.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 3.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 5.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 11.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 3.9 mi
- The Jumpoff: 5.7 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 11.2 mi
- Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Cat Stairs: 11.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 8.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 9.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Bear: 9.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 12.4 mi
- Fish: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.1 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.1 mi
- Vista Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 11.4 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 22.9 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 3.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 10.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 24.1 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 21.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 21.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 23.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Collins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SW 222° | 2,025 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNE 23° | 2,010 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SW 228° | 2,004 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNE 23° | 2,004 m | 5.1 mi |
| Cliff Top | NNE 19° | 1,997 m | 5.0 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNE 26° | 1,992 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Love | SW 221° | 1,956 m | 1.8 mi |
| West Point | NNE 13° | 1,937 m | 4.8 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 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:46 | 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, 3 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/357811197
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