Smoke Mountain
Smoke Mountain rises to 829 m in North Carolina. Ann Mountain stands 990 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hetherly Height, a peak 0.6 miles away. Pacolet River Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in North Carolina, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31640998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 829 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Pacolet River Byway
- 2.5 mi off the Historic Flat Rock Scenic Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Black Mountain Rag
Overlooks nearby
- Glassy Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Chandler Rock Overlook · 16 mi
- Exclamation Point · 16 mi
- Devil's Head · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bell Park Falls: 0.7 mi
- Powerhouse Falls: 1.2 mi
- Leland Falls: 2.1 mi
- Pacolet Falls: 2.2 mi
- Edge of the World Falls: 2.9 mi
- McCreery Park: 2.2 mi
- Tuxedo Park: 2.4 mi
- The Park at Flat Rock: 5.1 mi
- Gatewate Park: 7.0 mi
- Jackson Park: 7.0 mi
- Hetherly Height: 0.6 mi
- Butler Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Blakes Peak: 1.6 mi
- Mountain Page: 1.8 mi
- Evans Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Philip Jackson Hart house ruins: 3.3 mi
- Joel Poinsett Home Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 3.8 mi
- Blue Ridge Forest Clubhouse: 6.5 mi
- Chestnut Spring Pool: 6.5 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 5.1 mi
- O’Neal Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Asia Garden: 20.8 mi
- Janie Earle Furman Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- Historical Downtown: 7.4 mi
- Southern X793: 7.5 mi
- Ride Rock Creek - Mountain Bike Park: 7.6 mi
- Elijah Mountain Gem Mine And Crystal Store: 9.4 mi
- Pacolet River Passenger Car: 11.5 mi
- Orange Bear: 12.9 mi
- Maria: 14.4 mi
- Lake Robinson RV Park: 16.9 mi
- Globe: 18.4 mi
- Springtime in TR: 18.5 mi
- Saluda Historic Depot and Museum: 2.2 mi
- Western North Carolina Air Museum: 6.0 mi
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum: 7.4 mi
- Tryon Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Polk County History Museum: 10.7 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Glassy Rock: 6.9 mi
- High Rocks: 8.3 mi
- Jump Off Rock: 9.9 mi
- Long Rock: 10.5 mi
- Bat Fork Bog Site: 6.7 mi
- Poinsett Bridge Heritage Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Green Mountain Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Lake Lure Green Space: 17.2 mi
- Florence Nature Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 24.3 mi
- Pavilion 2: 24.8 mi
- Lenox Spring: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.4 mi
- Chick Springs: 21.3 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Smoke Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Mountain | W 277° | 990 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SE 126° | 978 m | 6.6 mi |
| Hammond Mountain | W 272° | 963 m | 5.9 mi |
| Rush Mountain | W 280° | 943 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mackerel Mountain | WSW 237° | 926 m | 6.7 mi |
| Corbin Mountain | SSW 214° | 924 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | SSE 159° | 921 m | 6.2 mi |
| McCarrol Mountain | SW 233° | 909 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:10 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:43 | 17:22 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tryon, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 995013 — Smoky Mountain, Henderson County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357786190
Day trips start here
- Asheville · 26 mi
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