Myrtle Point
Myrtle Point rises to 1,992 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Le Conte, a peak 0.3 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,991.56 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 14.0 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 19.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 3 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 4 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arch Rock: 1.0 mi
- Hellbender: 5.6 mi
- Birdventure: 5.6 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.7 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 6.1 mi
- Grotto Falls: 1.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Trickling Falls: 3.0 mi
- Talking Falls: 3.4 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 3.7 mi
- Mount Le Conte: 0.3 mi
- Mount le Conte - High Top: 0.3 mi
- Cliff Top: 0.7 mi
- Peregrine Peak: 1.2 mi
- West Point: 1.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.7 mi
- Mills Park: 5.9 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.5 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.1 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 13.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 5.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.3 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 12.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 2.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.5 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.5 mi
- Alum Cave: 1.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 2.8 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.7 mi
- Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 4.3 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Bear: 5.9 mi
- Fish: 11.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.6 mi
- Veterans Statue: 16.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 16.6 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 17.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.7 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.6 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.6 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 4.4 mi
- Greenbrier: 5.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 6.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 22.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 19.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Myrtle Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 211° | 2,025 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | WNW 283° | 2,010 m | 0.3 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 214° | 2,004 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | WNW 283° | 2,004 m | 0.3 mi |
| Cliff Top | W 277° | 1,997 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Chapman | ENE 76° | 1,960 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 210° | 1,956 m | 6.9 mi |
| West Point | W 275° | 1,937 m | 1.2 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 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, under a mile 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/356845538
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