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Mount Love

Mount Love, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Love rises to 1,956 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the southwest, 0.4 miles off. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 4.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31660297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1955.79 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.56684, -83.49327

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Rock Slab Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Little River Upper Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Talking Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Trickling Falls: 4.0 mi
  • War Branch Cascade: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • Arch Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Flat Branch boat launch: 9.4 mi
  • Rail Runner: 9.9 mi
  • Hellbender: 9.9 mi
  • Birdventure: 10.0 mi
Parks: 41
  • Mynatt Park: 9.4 mi
  • Swain County Recreation Park: 9.5 mi
  • David Monteith Park: 9.5 mi
  • Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 9.7 mi
  • MacNeill Park: 9.8 mi
Museums: 23
Cliffs: 16
Picnic sites: 11
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Mount Love. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiSW 226°2,024.79 m0.4 mi
Mount le Conte - High TopNNE 28°2,009.55 m6.8 mi
Mt. BuckleyWSW 246°2,004.12 m0.8 mi
Mount Le ConteNNE 28°2,004 m6.8 mi
Cliff TopNNE 24°1,996.55 m6.6 mi
Myrtle PointNNE 30°1,991.56 m6.9 mi
West PointNNE 20°1,937.31 m6.5 mi
Mount KephartNE 53°1,895.27 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1219:46
June solstice06:2020:1620:53
September equinox07:2318:5919:32
December solstice07:4016:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339485662666460504135
Precip in6.86.06.66.06.26.17.35.15.45.45.97.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 5 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

OpenStreetMap element node/357811213

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