Suli Knob
Suli Knob rises to 1,515 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Jenkins Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31642073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1515.38 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 12.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 8 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 8 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jenkins Knob: 0.9 mi
- Silers Bald: 1.2 mi
- Fern Knob: 1.8 mi
- Mt. Buckley: 2.6 mi
- Kuwohi: 3.0 mi
- Yanu Branch Cascade: 1.5 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 1.9 mi
- Jonas Creek Falls: 2.3 mi
- Rock Slab Falls: 2.5 mi
- Little River Upper Falls: 3.8 mi
- Flat Branch boat launch: 7.9 mi
- Arch Rock: 8.7 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 10.2 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 10.3 mi
- Otter: 10.3 mi
- David Monteith Park: 9.4 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 10.2 mi
- MacNeill Park: 10.3 mi
- Riverfront Park: 10.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 10.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 10.3 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 10.5 mi
- Fly Fishing Museum of the Southern Appalachians: 10.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 11.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 11.1 mi
- Fort Harry: 7.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 7.5 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 14.0 mi
- Alum Cave: 8.3 mi
- The Jumpoff: 10.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.9 mi
- The Jump-up: 15.7 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 9.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Bear: 11.6 mi
- Selu Statue: 15.0 mi
- Fish: 16.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 21.7 mi
- Elkmont: 7.1 mi
- Judson: 10.2 mi
- Proctor: 11.3 mi
- Calderwood: 24.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 14.0 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 21.9 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 6.1 mi
- Greenbrier: 14.7 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 22.9 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Suli Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | ENE 78° | 2,024.79 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | ENE 76° | 2,004.12 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Love | ENE 74° | 1,955.79 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Collins | ENE 63° | 1,888.71 m | 5.0 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ESE 107° | 1,801.11 m | 3.3 mi |
| Balsam Point | NNE 32° | 1,773.94 m | 8.2 mi |
| Mount Mingus | NE 49° | 1,763.88 m | 6.8 mi |
| Silers Bald | NW 316° | 1,706.06 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 48 | 56 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 50 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 6.8 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newfound GAP, 8 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 995669 — Suli Knob, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357787021
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