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Mount Davis

Mount Davis, seen from above at true elevation

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
1533.71 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.57069, -83.63373

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Parks: 54
  • 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
Cliffs: 19
Historic sites: 13
Picnic sites: 10
  • 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
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 12.4 mi
  • Fish: 15.7 mi
  • Selu Statue: 19.8 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 20.9 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 12.1 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 18.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiE 94°2,024.79 m7.6 mi
Mt. BuckleyE 95°2,004.12 m7.2 mi
Mount LoveE 92°1,955.79 m7.9 mi
Andrews BaldESE 106°1,801.11 m8.1 mi
Silers BaldE 95°1,706.06 m3.9 mi
Jenkins KnobE 94°1,697.78 m5.0 mi
Thunderhead MountainW 268°1,685.16 m4.1 mi
Rocky TopW 264°1,657.32 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1620:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

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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