Woolly Tops Mountain
Woolly Tops Mountain rises to 1,671 m in Tennessee. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the east-northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Top, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Woolly Tops Mountain is a mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains in Sevier County, Tennessee. It has an elevation of 5,482 feet (1,671 m), and is located in the eastern half of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Wikidata Q31692095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,671 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 11.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 21.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ben Morton Overlook · 6 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 7 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Charles A Webb Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Top: 0.9 mi
- Porters Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pecks Corner: 2.3 mi
- Devils Den: 2.5 mi
- The Sawteeth: 2.7 mi
- Ramsey Cascades: 3.1 mi
- Sweat Heifer Cascades: 4.6 mi
- Taywa Creek Cascade: 5.3 mi
- Hitchin Post Falls: 6.2 mi
- Grotto Falls: 6.2 mi
- Arch Rock: 6.1 mi
- Hellbender: 9.4 mi
- Birdventure: 9.5 mi
- Rail Runner: 9.6 mi
- Speedwerkz Exotic Car Experience: 10.0 mi
- Mills Park: 7.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 10.0 mi
- Acquoni Road Family Park: 13.0 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎠᏂᏴᏫᏯ ᎤᎾᏓᎪᎾᏙᏗᏱ;Cherokee Indian Fair Grounds: 13.4 mi
- ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᎤᏂᏲᏏᏙᎸ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏗᏍᎬ;Cherokee Veterans Park: 13.5 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 9.5 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 10.3 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 11.5 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 13.2 mi
- Fort Harry: 8.0 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 9.0 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 9.8 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 12.4 mi
- Nimrod Jarett Smith: 13.5 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Cat Stairs: 3.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 4.1 mi
- Alum Cave: 6.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 3.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Bear: 9.6 mi
- Fish: 14.4 mi
- Selu Statue: 14.5 mi
- Veterans Statue: 18.3 mi
- Dolly Parton: 18.3 mi
- Brakeshoe Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 12.3 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 18.2 mi
- Burnett Spring: 20.1 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 22.4 mi
- Vista Gardens: 9.5 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 13.7 mi
- Sylva Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 22.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 14.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 16.8 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 22.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 4.4 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 9.8 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 6.5 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Woolly Tops Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | ENE 67° | 2,019 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount le Conte - High Top | WSW 254° | 2,010 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Le Conte | WSW 254° | 2,004 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cliff Top | WSW 255° | 1,997 m | 6.1 mi |
| Myrtle Point | WSW 252° | 1,992 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Chapman | E 80° | 1,960 m | 3.9 mi |
| Old Black | ENE 61° | 1,939 m | 5.4 mi |
| West Point | WSW 256° | 1,937 m | 6.6 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 | 17:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 58 | 57 | 53 | 45 | 35 | 29 |
| Precip in | 7.2 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Leconte, 6 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/356842123
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