Mount Yonaguska
Mount Yonaguska rises to 1,883 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the northwest, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Tricorner Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31644887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1883.44 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 18.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 11 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tricorner Knob: 0.3 mi
- Mount Hardison: 0.4 mi
- Mount Guyot: 0.9 mi
- Marks Knob: 1.0 mi
- Thermo Knob: 1.4 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 2.9 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Hen Wallow Falls: 4.6 mi
- Enloe Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 10.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 11.3 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.4 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 14.1 mi
- Hellbender: 14.3 mi
- Mills Park: 11.6 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 14.6 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 15.0 mi
- Mynatt Park: 15.0 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 15.0 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.8 mi
- Masonic Monument: 11.8 mi
- Fort Harry: 13.2 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 14.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 15.0 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 13.0 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 14.3 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 14.9 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 15.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 15.2 mi
- Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 5.7 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 8.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 7.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Bear: 14.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.8 mi
- Fish: 18.5 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 19.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 6.4 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 7.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.1 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 17.1 mi
- Burnett Spring: 17.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 15.3 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 19.1 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 21.5 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 10.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.0 mi
- Greenbrier: 8.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 15.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 10.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Mount Yonaguska. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NW 326° | 2,019.13 m | 0.9 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WSW 248° | 1,960.2 m | 1.4 mi |
| Old Black | NNW 345° | 1,938.61 m | 1.5 mi |
| Luftee Knob | E 93° | 1,894.26 m | 1.9 mi |
| Marks Knob | S 181° | 1,878.29 m | 1.0 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,875.19 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Hardison | S 187° | 1,874.57 m | 0.4 mi |
| Tricorner Knob | WNW 286° | 1,873.11 m | 0.3 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 1023669 — Mount Yonaguska, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809796
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