Mount Stand Watie
Mount Stand Watie rises to 1,205 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Clark, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31641552, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,204.62 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 2.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Mingo Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 3.4 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 3.8 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Mount Clark: 1.1 mi
- Newton Bald: 1.6 mi
- Fox Knob: 1.8 mi
- Mount Noble: 2.0 mi
- Rocky Knob: 2.5 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 4.7 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 4.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 9.4 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 9.7 mi
- The Fugitive Train Wreck: 12.0 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 3.2 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 3.6 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 3.6 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 3.8 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 5.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 2.2 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 3.3 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 3.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 9.5 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 9.6 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 3.7 mi
- Masonic Monument: 9.1 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 10.7 mi
- Dills Cove Falls: 12.2 mi
- The Jumpoff: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.0 mi
- Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Alum Cave: 9.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 13.3 mi
- Selu Statue: 4.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.6 mi
- Sylva Mural: 12.7 mi
- Moai Statue: 12.7 mi
- Bear: 15.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 12.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 3.8 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 15.5 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 19.4 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 22.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 16.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 17.5 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 11.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 13.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Mount Stand Watie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | WNW 282° | 2,025 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Love | WNW 284° | 1,956 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Kephart | NNW 335° | 1,895 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Collins | WNW 295° | 1,889 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Ambler | NNW 332° | 1,865 m | 7.1 mi |
| Anakeesta Knob | NNW 327° | 1,827 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cataloochee Balsam | ENE 70° | 1,819 m | 9.4 mi |
| Balsam Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,811 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oconaluftee, 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/357798725
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