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Mount Le Conte

2,010 m6,593 ft

Prominence: 410 m1,345 ft
Isolation: 12 km
Tonight: 40°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Mount Le Conte is a 2,010 m (6,593 ft) mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 2,010 m · 6,593 ft
Nearest higher peak: Kuwohi (2,025 m)
Range: Great Smoky Mountains
Region: Tennessee, United States
Protected area: Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Coordinates: 35.6543° N, 83.4367° W

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3D map

Mount Le Conte 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Le Conte terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Le Conte elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Le Conte weather

Tonight · Fair · 40°F (4°C) · Wind 5–10 mph SE

Mount Le Conte forecast for the summit, about 1,981 m.

Tonight40°–5–10 mph SE
Sat40°53°1%5–10 mph NE
Sun40°53°–5 mph NE
Mon43°54°–5 mph NW
Tue44°56°–0 mph
Wed42°54°–0–5 mph SW
Thu44°56°1%0–5 mph W

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

5.5%

Moderate, 15–30°

32.9%

Steep, 30–45°

55.5%

Cliffs, 45° and over

6.1%

Steeper than 30°: 61.6% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 1,215 m low point 794 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 99.8%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the Mount Le Conte summit.

Summit list 4

1Cliff Top1,997 m 0.7 km W
2West Point1,937 m 1.5 km W
3Peregrine Peak1,629 m 1.7 km SSW
4Brushy Mountain1,499 m 2.7 km NNE

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 785 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Sand myrtle345
American Red Squirrel327
Cherokee Blackbelly Salamander225
Dark-eyed Junco141
Kidney-leaved Grass of Parnassus129
Cliff Saxifrage126

Where it sits

Where Mount Le Conte sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Fontana Lake519 m39 km SW

Downloads

Mount Le Conte downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Le Conte satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-25.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,009 m at the summit; the official height is 2,010 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,010 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	2,010 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	2,009 m	-0 m
Copernicus GLO-30	2,011 m	+2 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,005 m	-4 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-25)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia