The Sawteeth
The Sawteeth rises to 1,662 m in North Carolina. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Porters Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31614691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1662.44 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 9.5 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 20.3 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 4 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 4 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 5 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Porters Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Charlies Bunyon: 0.9 mi
- Masa Knob: 1.1 mi
- Horseshoe Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Kephart: 1.8 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 2.0 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 3.5 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 4.3 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 4.8 mi
- Arch Rock: 4.3 mi
- Hellbender: 9.1 mi
- Birdventure: 9.2 mi
- Rail Runner: 9.3 mi
- Ripley's Super Fun Zone: 9.7 mi
- Mills Park: 8.1 mi
- Mynatt Park: 9.5 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 11.0 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 11.3 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 11.4 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 9.6 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 9.9 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 9.9 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 11.1 mi
- The Jumpoff: 1.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 3.9 mi
- Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 4.7 mi
- Cat Stairs: 5.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 11.0 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 11.4 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 4.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Bear: 9.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 12.4 mi
- Fish: 14.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 19.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 19.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 11.6 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 23.2 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 24.7 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 13.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 14.1 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 20.4 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.8 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 24.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 16.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 5.8 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 8.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 7.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of The Sawteeth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | NE 54° | 2,019.13 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | W 280° | 2,009.55 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | W 280° | 2,004 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cliff Top | W 279° | 1,996.55 m | 4.7 mi |
| Myrtle Point | W 280° | 1,991.56 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Chapman | ENE 60° | 1,960.2 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Love | SW 234° | 1,955.79 m | 9.1 mi |
| Old Black | NE 50° | 1,938.61 m | 7.8 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: 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272437 — The Sawteeth, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357811183
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