Mount Hardison
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.
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.
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Wikidata Q22061037, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,874.57 m
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 18.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Mount Yonaguska: 0.4 mi
- Tricorner Knob: 0.6 mi
- Marks Knob: 0.6 mi
- Mount Chapman: 1.2 mi
- Mount Guyot: 1.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 11.1 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 14.2 mi
- Hellbender: 14.3 mi
- Birdventure: 14.3 mi
- 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
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.0 mi
- Masonic Monument: 11.4 mi
- Fort Harry: 13.1 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 13.8 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.6 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 14.3 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.5 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 14.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 15.2 mi
- Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 3.3 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 6.0 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 8.7 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Bear: 14.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.4 mi
- Fish: 18.6 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 19.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.6 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.2 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.3 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 17.3 mi
- Burnett Spring: 17.6 mi
- 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
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 10.4 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.7 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 19.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.9 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 10.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Hardison. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NNW 338° | 2,019 m | 1.3 mi |
| Mount Chapman | W 265° | 1,960 m | 1.2 mi |
| Old Black | N 350° | 1,939 m | 1.9 mi |
| Luftee Knob | E 82° | 1,894 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | N 7° | 1,883 m | 0.4 mi |
| Marks Knob | S 176° | 1,878 m | 0.6 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,875 m | 4.3 mi |
| Tricorner Knob | NNW 331° | 1,873 m | 0.6 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cataloochee, 9 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 1023661 — Mount Hardison, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809785
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