Mount Davis
Mount Davis rises to 1,534 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Chestnut Bald, a peak 0.5 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31660280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,533.71 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 9 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 12 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 12 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Chestnut Bald: 0.5 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 0.6 mi
- Little Chestnut Bald: 0.7 mi
- Cold Spring Knob: 1.6 mi
- Peak 4820: 1.6 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 9.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 9.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 9.9 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 1.5 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 3.4 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 3.5 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 4.7 mi
- Mynatt Park: 11.2 mi
- David Monteith Park: 12.9 mi
- Swain County Park: 14.0 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 14.2 mi
- MacNeill Park: 14.3 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 9.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 11.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 11.7 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 12.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 14.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Alum Cave: 11.6 mi
- Emert Bluff: 12.0 mi
- The Jumpoff: 14.4 mi
- The Jump-up: 16.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 10.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 15.7 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 8.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Bear: 12.4 mi
- Fish: 15.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 19.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.9 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.9 mi
- Elkmont: 6.5 mi
- Proctor: 8.5 mi
- Judson: 12.1 mi
- Calderwood: 20.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 8.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 17.2 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 23.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 18.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Mount Davis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 94° | 2,025 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | E 95° | 2,004 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Love | E 92° | 1,956 m | 7.9 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ESE 106° | 1,801 m | 8.1 mi |
| Silers Bald | E 95° | 1,706 m | 3.9 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | E 94° | 1,698 m | 5.0 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | W 268° | 1,685 m | 4.1 mi |
| Rocky Top | W 264° | 1,657 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 8 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 1019924 — Mount Davis, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356773720
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