Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 1,089 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Grotto Falls, a waterfall 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31683568, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1088.92 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 14.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 20.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 3 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 5 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grotto Falls: 1.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.2 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 1.4 mi
- Thousand Drips: 2.4 mi
- Round Top: 1.5 mi
- Mount Winnesoka: 1.6 mi
- Bull Head: 1.6 mi
- Balsam Point: 1.8 mi
- West Point: 1.9 mi
- Hellbender: 2.9 mi
- Birdventure: 3.0 mi
- Rail Runner: 3.0 mi
- Arch Rock: 3.2 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 3.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 3.1 mi
- Mills Park: 4.2 mi
- Patriot Park: 8.9 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 10.5 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 13.4 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 3.2 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 3.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 3.6 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 8.9 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 10.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 3.0 mi
- The Jumpoff: 5.4 mi
- Cat Stairs: 6.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.7 mi
- Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 2.8 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 2.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 8.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 8.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 4.8 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Bear: 3.3 mi
- Fish: 9.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 14.1 mi
- Dolly Parton: 14.2 mi
- Selu Statue: 17.1 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 18.5 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 19.4 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 24.9 mi
- Vista Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 16.1 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 25.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 3.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 5.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 19.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 5.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | SSW 192° | 2,024.79 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | SE 135° | 2,009.55 m | 2.4 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | SSW 195° | 2,004.12 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | SE 135° | 2,004 m | 2.4 mi |
| Cliff Top | SE 143° | 1,996.55 m | 2.1 mi |
| Myrtle Point | SE 132° | 1,991.56 m | 2.7 mi |
| Mount Love | S 191° | 1,955.79 m | 7.9 mi |
| West Point | SSE 155° | 1,937.31 m | 1.9 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 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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, 2 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 1297644 — Piney Mountain, Sevier County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356827175
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