Tennent Mountain
Tennent Mountain rises to 1,846 m in North Carolina. Richland Balsam stands 1,951 m to the west-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Greasy Cove Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Forest Heritage Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
Tennent Mountain is a grassy bald and summit in the Great Balsams of western North Carolina, located within Pisgah National Forest and adjacent to the Black Balsam Knob area along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The mountain is notable for its treeless summit and panoramic views.
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Wikidata Q31426204, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1846 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Forest Heritage Scenic Byway
- 1.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Forest Heritage National Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- East Fork Overlook · 2 mi
- Fetterbush Overlook (MP 421.7) · 3 mi
- Looking Glass Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- Log Hollow Overlook (MP 416.6) · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Greasy Cove Falls: 0.5 mi
- Upper Dark Prong Falls: 0.7 mi
- Ivestor Ridge Falls: 1.2 mi
- Sam Branch Falls: 1.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 1.3 mi
- Black Balsam Knob: 0.7 mi
- Grassy Cove Top: 0.8 mi
- Sam Knob: 1.5 mi
- Flower Knob: 1.6 mi
- Fork River Bald: 1.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry in America: 5.2 mi
- Roy Taylor Forest: 8.6 mi
- Canada Community Park: 10.2 mi
- City of Brevard Sports Complex: 10.6 mi
- Wolf Creek Lake Access Area: 10.7 mi
- Brevard Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 13.4 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 14.6 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Plant Professional Landscape Garden: 18.0 mi
- North Carolina Confederate Veterans Memorial Forest: 3.1 mi
- Camp John Rock: 5.7 mi
- Buck Springs Lodge foundation: 8.6 mi
- the "Big Gun" Clyde Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Ferin Fire Tower: 13.9 mi
- 1915 Climax Locomotive: 5.5 mi
- M1: 10.6 mi
- Historical Downtown: 12.6 mi
- Bear Lake Reserve: 12.7 mi
- Judaculla Rock: 13.8 mi
- Berm Park: 14.1 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 14.5 mi
- Chalice: 17.5 mi
- American Eclipse: 17.6 mi
- Wi: 17.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rock: 8.7 mi
- Bald Cliff: 9.9 mi
- River Cliffs: 12.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 13.4 mi
- Dunns Rock: 13.6 mi
- Cradle of Forestry: 5.2 mi
- Transylvania Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- Canton Area Historical Museum: 13.6 mi
- Shook Museum: 13.7 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 16.9 mi
- Shining Rock Wilderness: 3.5 mi
- Cold Mountain Gameland: 5.2 mi
- Bracken Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Collier Cove Nature Preserve: 22.9 mi
- Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Coontree Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Pisgah Picnic: 8.4 mi
- Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- I-26 Henderson County Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- I-26 Buncombe County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Cool Spring: 17.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.3 mi
- Lenox Spring: 22.6 mi
- Mountain Springs Lane: 11.6 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 18.5 mi
- Sandbar Pool Beach: 14.3 mi
- Lake Powhatan Beach: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Tennent Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Balsam | WNW 287° | 1,951 m | 7.2 mi |
| Black Balsam Knob | SSW 206° | 1,890 m | 0.7 mi |
| Mount Hardy | SW 235° | 1,866 m | 4.0 mi |
| Reinhart Knob | W 278° | 1,856 m | 6.2 mi |
| Grassy Cove Top | NNE 20° | 1,844 m | 0.8 mi |
| Sam Knob | WSW 250° | 1,844 m | 1.5 mi |
| Shining Rock | N 10° | 1,829 m | 2.2 mi |
| Silvermine Bald | SSW 202° | 1,822 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:18 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:44 | 17:23 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brevard, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357809407
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- Asheville · 24 mi
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