Sunup Knob
Sunup Knob rises to 1,534 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Face Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31642111, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,534.24 m
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 14.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 15.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 16 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 16 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 16 mi
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mouse Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.6 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.7 mi
- Rocky Face Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Richbut Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Cammerer: 1.3 mi
- Cosby Knob: 1.4 mi
- Ross Knob: 2.1 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 13.7 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 14.7 mi
- Arch Rock: 16.7 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 17.5 mi
- Hellbender: 18.8 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 10.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 13.7 mi
- Bryant Town Park: 14.5 mi
- Irish Cut Road Park: 14.6 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 14.9 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 17.8 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 18.7 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 19.7 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 19.7 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 1.8 mi
- Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.2 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.6 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 12.8 mi
- Masonic Monument: 14.5 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 15.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 18.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 18.7 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 12.5 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 1.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 3.9 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 7.6 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 12.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 13.2 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 18.6 mi
- Bear: 18.8 mi
- Selu Statue: 20.5 mi
- Fish: 21.9 mi
- Veterans Statue: 23.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 5.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 18.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 18.9 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 20.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 20.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 20.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 13.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Sunup Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WSW 240° | 2,019 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Chapman | SW 234° | 1,960 m | 7.0 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 246° | 1,939 m | 5.2 mi |
| Luftee Knob | SW 214° | 1,894 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | SW 231° | 1,883 m | 5.6 mi |
| Marks Knob | SW 224° | 1,878 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | S 183° | 1,875 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Hardison | SW 228° | 1,875 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:15 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 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/356773909
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