Brakeshoe Spring
Brakeshoe Spring is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 783 m. Mount Guyot stands 2,019 m to the west-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mouse Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.7 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 12 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.1 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 14.4 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 15.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lake Junaluska Overlook · 15 mi
- Maggie Valley Overlook · 15 mi
- Mile High Overlook · 15 mi
- Big Witch Overlook (MP 461.9) · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mouse Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
- Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 1.5 mi
- Gunter Fork Cascades: 3.8 mi
- Gunter Fork Falls: 3.9 mi
- Sunup Knob: 1.6 mi
- Mount Cammerer: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Face Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cosby Knob: 2.3 mi
- Richbut Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 5.8 mi
- Marvin Popcorn Sutton's Homeplace: 12.5 mi
- Soco Craft & Tower Inc: 15.4 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 16.2 mi
- Soco Falls Overlook: 16.8 mi
- Harmon Den Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Dog walking: 14.0 mi
- Maggie Valley Playground: 15.3 mi
- Elevated Creek Park: 15.4 mi
- Masonic Monument: 13.9 mi
- Dolly Parton childhood home: 14.3 mi
- Ghost Town Village: 14.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 18.2 mi
- 1983 Plane Crash: 18.8 mi
- Sutton Ridge Overlook: 3.4 mi
- Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Eagle Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Cat Stairs: 12.0 mi
- Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum: 15.8 mi
- Mountain Farm Museum: 17.8 mi
- Shook Museum: 19.0 mi
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: 19.8 mi
- Oconaluftee Indian Village: 19.9 mi
- Cosby Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Heintooga Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 13.7 mi
- Mouse Creek Spring: 2.5 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 6.7 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 10.9 mi
- Burnett Spring: 14.1 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 16.0 mi
- Chief Junaluska: 17.3 mi
- Bear: 20.1 mi
- Selu Statue: 20.4 mi
- Fish: 23.3 mi
- Berm Park: 23.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 5.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Westbound Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Haywood County US 74 Eastbound Rest Area: 20.6 mi
- Susanna Wesley Garden: 17.2 mi
- Rhododenron Garden: 19.0 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 20.1 mi
- Vista Gardens: 20.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Trail: 13.2 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.2 mi
- Greenbrier: 13.9 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 21.4 mi
- Wasp: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Brakeshoe Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Guyot | WSW 252° | 2,019.13 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Chapman | WSW 244° | 1,960.2 m | 7.8 mi |
| Old Black | WSW 257° | 1,938.61 m | 6.3 mi |
| Luftee Knob | SW 233° | 1,894.26 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Yonaguska | WSW 244° | 1,883.44 m | 6.4 mi |
| Marks Knob | WSW 236° | 1,878.29 m | 6.9 mi |
| Big Cataloochee Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,875.19 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Hardison | WSW 241° | 1,874.57 m | 6.7 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 | 07:39 | 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 | 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.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1,432 | 1,658 | 1,562 | 1,491 | 1,229 | 833 | 750 | 630 | 734 | 598 | 759 | 1,196 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pigeon R BL Power Plant NR Waterville, NC, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
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).
- wild geranium42 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail41 obs
- woodland stonecrop33 obs
- fringed phacelia31 obs
- Purple Phacelia27 obs
- Wapiti24 obs
- red trillium22 obs
- painted trillium22 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5087520795
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