Turkey Flyup
Turkey Flyup rises to 1,558 m in North Carolina. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the west, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Nettle Creek Bald, a peak 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in North Carolina, United States of America
Wikidata Q31642814, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1558.15 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 1 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #2 · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 2 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nettle Creek Bald: 0.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Knob: 2.0 mi
- Fork Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Newton Bald: 2.8 mi
- Richland Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cliff Branch Falls: 1.9 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 2.9 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 3.4 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 3.6 mi
- Chasteen Creek Cascade: 4.3 mi
- Arch Rock: 5.2 mi
- Harrah's Cherokee Convention Center: 8.7 mi
- Mandara Spa Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort: 9.0 mi
- Hellbender: 11.3 mi
- Birdventure: 11.3 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 7.3 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 7.5 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 7.6 mi
- Oconaluftee Park: 7.7 mi
- Norman Maney Recreation Park: 7.9 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 6.4 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 7.2 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 7.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 10.7 mi
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum: 10.9 mi
- Fort Harry: 6.5 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 7.6 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.0 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Masonic Monument: 12.4 mi
- The Jumpoff: 3.9 mi
- Alum Cave: 5.4 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Cliff: 7.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 10.3 mi
- Selu Statue: 8.7 mi
- Bear: 11.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 16.7 mi
- Sylva Mural: 16.8 mi
- Moai Statue: 16.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Deep Creek Picnic Pavilion: 8.6 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 8.7 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 7.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 11.3 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cullowhee Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 22.0 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 21.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 17.2 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 17.3 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 23.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 7.8 mi
- Greenbrier: 10.1 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.9 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Turkey Flyup. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | W 261° | 2,024.79 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | NNW 332° | 2,009.55 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | W 261° | 2,004.12 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | NNW 332° | 2,004 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cliff Top | NNW 328° | 1,996.55 m | 6.3 mi |
| Myrtle Point | NNW 334° | 1,991.56 m | 5.8 mi |
| Mount Love | W 263° | 1,955.79 m | 6.1 mi |
| West Point | NW 325° | 1,937.31 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| 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, 3 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 1023002 — Turkey Flyup, Swain County, North Carolina.
OpenStreetMap element node/357809472
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