Mount Guyot
Mount Guyot rises to 2,019 m in Tennessee. Mount Chapman stands 1,960 m to the south-southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Black, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Guyot is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. At 6,621 feet (2,018 m) in elevation, Guyot is the fourth-highest summit in the Eastern U.S., and the second-highest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While the mountain is remote, the Appalachian Trail crosses its south slope, passing to within 1,000 feet (300 m) of the summit. Mount Guyot lies on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, between Sevier County and Haywood County. There are two peaks atop the mountain approximately one-half mile apart, with the southwestern peak in Tennessee being the true summit. The mountain rises 3,600 feet (1,100 m) above its eastern base near Walnut Bottom and 4,000 feet (1,200 m) above its western base near Greenbrier Cove. Ramsey Cascades, one of the park's most spectacular waterfalls, spills down a sandstone cliff near the bottom of Guyot's western slope. A dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce-fir forest coats the summit and upper slopes of Guyot. Human settlement never expanded deep into the eastern Smokies, so the area around Guyot and adjacent peaks suffered substantially less disturbance than the mountains in the western or central parts of the range. A long hike and a challenging bushwhack are required to reach the summit, the highest in the Eastern U.S. without a trail.
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Wikidata Q1563507, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2019.13 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 18.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 12 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Black: 0.7 mi
- Tricorner Knob: 0.7 mi
- Mount Yonaguska: 0.9 mi
- Mount Hardison: 1.3 mi
- Mount Chapman: 1.5 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 2.4 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.5 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.7 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 3.9 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 11.1 mi
- Hellbender: 13.8 mi
- Birdventure: 13.8 mi
- Rail Runner: 13.9 mi
- Mills Park: 10.9 mi
- Mynatt Park: 14.5 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 15.2 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 15.6 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 15.7 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 9.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 12.7 mi
- Fort Harry: 13.0 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 14.7 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 15.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 13.8 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 14.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 14.7 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 15.5 mi
- Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 3.8 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 5.4 mi
- Cat Stairs: 5.8 mi
- The Jumpoff: 8.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Bear: 13.8 mi
- Selu Statue: 16.5 mi
- Fish: 17.7 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 20.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.6 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 6.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.6 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 16.6 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 17.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.8 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.9 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 20.0 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 22.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 9.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 7.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 9.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 15.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Mount Guyot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Chapman | SSW 211° | 1,960.2 m | 1.5 mi |
| Old Black | N 11° | 1,938.61 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Kephart | SW 235° | 1,895.27 m | 9.0 mi |
| Luftee Knob | ESE 110° | 1,894.26 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SE 146° | 1,883.44 m | 0.9 mi |
| Marks Knob | SSE 164° | 1,878.29 m | 1.8 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,875.19 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SSE 158° | 1,874.57 m | 1.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 10 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/356773886
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