Mount Le Conte
Mount Le Conte rises to 2,004 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount le Conte - High Top, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Le Conte (or LeConte) is a mountain located within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Sevier County, Tennessee. At 6,593 ft (2,010 m) it is the third highest peak in the national park, behind Kuwohi (formerly Clingmans Dome) (6,643 ft (2,025 m)) and Mount Guyot (6,621 ft (2,018 m)). It is also the highest peak that is completely within Tennessee. From its immediate base to its summit, Mount Le Conte is the mountain with the highest relief east of the Rocky Mountains, rising 5,301 ft (1,616 m) from its base, near Gatlinburg, Tennessee (elevation 1,292 ft (394 m)). For comparison, Pre-1980 Mount St. Helens in Washington was roughly 5,000 ft (1,524 m) above its base. There are four subpeaks above 6,000 ft (1,829 m) on the mountain (referred to as the LeConte massif): West Point (6,344 ft (1,934 m)), High Top (6,593 ft (2,010 m)), Cliff Tops (6,555 ft (1,998 m)), and Myrtle Point (6,200 ft (1,890 m)). In addition, Balsam Point, with an elevation above 5,840 ft (1,780 m), serves as the dramatic west end of the massif. Mount Le Conte has the highest inn that provides lodging for visitors in the Eastern United States.
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Wikidata Q6921794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2004 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 3 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount le Conte - High Top: 0.0 mi
- Myrtle Point: 0.3 mi
- Cliff Top: 0.4 mi
- West Point: 0.9 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 1.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 1.1 mi
- Hellbender: 5.3 mi
- Birdventure: 5.4 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.4 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 5.8 mi
- Grotto Falls: 1.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.6 mi
- Trickling Falls: 2.9 mi
- Talking Falls: 3.3 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.5 mi
- Mills Park: 5.8 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.3 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 12.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.0 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.2 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.3 mi
- Fort Harry: 2.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.5 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.2 mi
- The Jumpoff: 3.0 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.9 mi
- Cliff: 8.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 4.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Bear: 5.7 mi
- Fish: 11.5 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 16.4 mi
- Dolly Parton: 16.4 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 17.3 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 18.0 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.8 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 4.1 mi
- Greenbrier: 5.4 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 22.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 19.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mount Le Conte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 209° | 2,024.79 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | N 0° | 2,009.55 m | 0.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 211° | 2,004.12 m | 7.5 mi |
| Cliff Top | W 272° | 1,996.55 m | 0.4 mi |
| Myrtle Point | ESE 103° | 1,991.56 m | 0.3 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 208° | 1,955.79 m | 6.8 mi |
| West Point | W 272° | 1,937.31 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Kephart | ESE 121° | 1,895.27 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:16 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, under a mile 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1646824 — Mount Le Conte, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356894868
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