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Mount Hardison

Mount Hardison, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Hardison rises to 1,875 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the north-northwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Yonaguska, a peak 0.4 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Hardison is a mountain in the eastern Great Smoky Mountains, located in the southeastern United States. At 6,145 feet (1,873 m) above sea level, Hardison is the thirteenth-highest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Mount Hardison is named for James Archibald Hardison, an original member of the North Carolina State Park Commission.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q22061037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1874.57 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.68843, -83.24921

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Gunter Fork Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Ramsey Cascades: 3.2 mi
  • Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.2 mi
  • Hen Wallow Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Enloe Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.7 mi
  • Arch Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.2 mi
  • Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 13.7 mi
  • Soco Falls Overlook: 14.2 mi
Parks: 56
  • Mills Park: 11.6 mi
  • Acquoni Road Family Park: 14.2 mi
  • ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 14.6 mi
  • Maggie Valley Playground: 14.7 mi
  • ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 19
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
Artworks: 9
  • Bear: 14.4 mi
  • Selu Statue: 15.4 mi
  • Fish: 18.6 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 19.1 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 21.6 mi
Springs: 6
Gardens: 5
  • Vista Gardens: 14.4 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 14.9 mi
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.9 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Sylva Community Garden: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Mount Hardison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GuyotNNW 338°2,019.13 m1.3 mi
Mount ChapmanW 265°1,960.2 m1.2 mi
Old BlackN 350°1,938.61 m1.9 mi
Luftee KnobE 82°1,894.26 m1.9 mi
Mount YonaguskaN 7°1,883.44 m0.4 mi
Marks KnobS 176°1,878.29 m0.6 mi
Big Cataloochee MountainESE 105°1,875.19 m4.3 mi
Tricorner KnobNNW 331°1,873.11 m0.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1119:45
June solstice06:1820:1520:53
September equinox07:2218:5819:32
December solstice07:4016:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845536066696863534438

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 9 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1023661 — Mount Hardison, Swain County, North Carolina.

OpenStreetMap element node/357809785

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