Mount Mingus
Mount Mingus rises to 1,764 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Trickling Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mount Mingus is a mountain located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is part of the Great Smoky Mountains subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which is, in turn, part of the Appalachian Mountains. Its elevation is 5,802 feet (1,768 m) above sea level.
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Wikidata Q31680591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1763.88 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Trickling Falls: 0.7 mi
- Talking Falls: 0.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.1 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 3.4 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chimney Tops: 1.3 mi
- Sugarland Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Weaver: 1.5 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 1.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 1.9 mi
- Hellbender: 6.8 mi
- Rail Runner: 6.8 mi
- Birdventure: 6.9 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 7.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 6.6 mi
- Mills Park: 8.3 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 11.9 mi
- Ela Tuckkasegee River Public Access: 12.0 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 12.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 7.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 7.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 7.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 11.3 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 11.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 12.3 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 12.8 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.1 mi
- Cat Stairs: 9.3 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.6 mi
- Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 10.9 mi
- Bear: 7.3 mi
- Fish: 13.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 13.4 mi
- Veterans Statue: 18.3 mi
- Dolly Parton: 18.3 mi
- Vista Gardens: 6.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 12.4 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 25.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 2.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.2 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 9.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.6 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 19.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 19.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Mingus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 210° | 2,024.79 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNE 26° | 2,009.55 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SW 215° | 2,004.12 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNE 26° | 2,004 m | 2.8 mi |
| Cliff Top | NNE 18° | 1,996.55 m | 2.7 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNE 32° | 1,991.56 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 209° | 1,955.79 m | 4.0 mi |
| West Point | N 7° | 1,937.31 m | 2.6 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 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 2 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/356845423
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