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Mount Yonaguska

Mount Yonaguska, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates35.69416, -83.24830

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Parks: 58
  • 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
Historic sites: 19
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
Artworks: 9
  • Bear: 14.4 mi
  • Selu Statue: 15.8 mi
  • Fish: 18.5 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 19.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 21.5 mi
Springs: 6
Gardens: 5
  • 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
Rest areas: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GuyotNW 326°2,019.13 m0.9 mi
Mount ChapmanWSW 248°1,960.2 m1.4 mi
Old BlackNNW 345°1,938.61 m1.5 mi
Luftee KnobE 93°1,894.26 m1.9 mi
Marks KnobS 181°1,878.29 m1.0 mi
Big Cataloochee MountainESE 111°1,875.19 m4.3 mi
Mount HardisonS 187°1,874.57 m0.4 mi
Tricorner KnobWNW 286°1,873.11 m0.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1119:45
June solstice06:1820:1520:53
September equinox07:2218:5819:32
December solstice07:4016:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845536066696863534438

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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