Newton Bald
Newton Bald rises to 1,571 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the west, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Stand Watie, a peak 1.6 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31633810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,571.14 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 4 mi
- Oconaluftee River Overlook · 4 mi
- Raven Fork Overlook (MP 467.9) · 4 mi
- Ballhoot Scar Overlook (MP 467.4) · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cliff Branch Falls: 2.6 mi
- Little Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 3.6 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 4.0 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 6.0 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 6.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 7.9 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 11.2 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 13.0 mi
- Mount Stand Watie: 1.6 mi
- Mount Clark: 1.9 mi
- Nettle Creek Bald: 2.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 2.3 mi
- Turkey Flyup: 2.8 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 4.5 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 4.8 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 4.8 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 4.9 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 5.5 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 3.8 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 4.5 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 4.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 9.2 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 9.4 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 4.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 9.2 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Masonic Monument: 10.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 11.6 mi
- The Jumpoff: 6.4 mi
- Alum Cave: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.8 mi
- Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 12.5 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 7.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 11.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 6.0 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 13.9 mi
- Sylva Mural: 14.0 mi
- Moai Statue: 14.1 mi
- Bear: 14.4 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 5.0 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 19.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 22.1 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 17.8 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 24.3 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 10.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 14.4 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Newton Bald. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | W 279° | 2,025 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNW 330° | 2,010 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | W 279° | 2,004 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNW 330° | 2,004 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cliff Top | NNW 328° | 1,997 m | 9.0 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNW 332° | 1,992 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Love | WNW 282° | 1,956 m | 7.7 mi |
| West Point | NW 325° | 1,937 m | 9.3 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, 4 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 1021646 — Newton Bald, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357808415
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