Porters Mountain
Porters Mountain rises to 1,565 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the east-northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sawteeth, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31684073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1565.05 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 4 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 4 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sawteeth: 0.7 mi
- Charlies Bunyon: 1.3 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Masa Knob: 1.5 mi
- Laurel Top: 1.6 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 2.5 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 4.2 mi
- Grotto Falls: 4.9 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 5.1 mi
- Arch Rock: 4.2 mi
- Hellbender: 8.6 mi
- Birdventure: 8.6 mi
- Rail Runner: 8.7 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 9.1 mi
- Mills Park: 7.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 9.0 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 11.7 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 12.0 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 12.1 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 8.8 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 9.4 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 9.4 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 10.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 11.8 mi
- The Jumpoff: 1.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 4.0 mi
- Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 4.6 mi
- Cat Stairs: 4.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 8.2 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 10.3 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 11.3 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 12.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 3.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Bear: 8.9 mi
- Selu Statue: 13.2 mi
- Fish: 14.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 18.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 18.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 13.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 14.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 20.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.2 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 24.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 8.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 12.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 23.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 16.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Greenbrier: 5.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 8.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Porters Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | ENE 60° | 2,019.13 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | W 271° | 2,009.55 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | W 271° | 2,004 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cliff Top | W 271° | 1,996.55 m | 4.4 mi |
| Myrtle Point | W 270° | 1,991.56 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Chapman | ENE 67° | 1,960.2 m | 5.8 mi |
| Old Black | NE 56° | 1,938.61 m | 7.5 mi |
| West Point | W 271° | 1,937.31 m | 4.9 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: 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356828087
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