Peregrine Peak
Peregrine Peak rises to 1,629 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Alum Cave, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31682628, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1629.46 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 2 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 3 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arch Rock: 0.4 mi
- Hellbender: 5.8 mi
- Birdventure: 5.9 mi
- Rail Runner: 5.9 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 6.3 mi
- Cliff Top: 1.0 mi
- Mount Le Conte: 1.1 mi
- Mount le Conte - High Top: 1.1 mi
- West Point: 1.1 mi
- Myrtle Point: 1.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Trickling Falls: 1.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Talking Falls: 2.2 mi
- Grotto Falls: 2.3 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.8 mi
- Mills Park: 6.7 mi
- Patriot Park: 11.9 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 12.7 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 12.9 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 6.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 6.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 11.8 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 11.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 1.7 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 4.0 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.6 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 11.8 mi
- Alum Cave: 0.1 mi
- The Jumpoff: 3.2 mi
- Cat Stairs: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Bear: 6.2 mi
- Fish: 12.0 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.1 mi
- Dolly Parton: 17.1 mi
- Vista Gardens: 5.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 18.0 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 18.6 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 24.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 3.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 6.5 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 23.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 20.2 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Peregrine Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 210° | 2,024.79 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNE 24° | 2,009.55 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 213° | 2,004.12 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNE 24° | 2,004 m | 1.1 mi |
| Cliff Top | N 1° | 1,996.55 m | 1.0 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NE 38° | 1,991.56 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Love | SSW 208° | 1,955.79 m | 5.8 mi |
| West Point | NNW 334° | 1,937.31 m | 1.1 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, 1 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 1297181 — Peregrine Peak, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356826477
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