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Current Time:Wednesday, September 16, 2026 1:32 PM
Longitude:-83.0769691
Latitude:35.4986572
Sunrise Time Today:7:17:01 AM
Sunset Time Today:7:40:09 PM
Daylength Today:12h 23m 8s
Sunrise Time Tomorrow:7:17:45 AM
Sunset Time Tomorrow:7:38:41 PM
Daylength Tomorrow:12h 20m 55s

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Jan 1, 2026 7:42:39 AM 5:30:27 PM 9h 47m 47s
Feb 1, 2026 7:34:07 AM 5:59:51 PM 10h 25m 43s
Mar 1, 2026 7:05:00 AM 6:27:39 PM 11h 22m 39s
Apr 1, 2026 7:21:33 AM 7:53:42 PM 12h 32m 9s
May 1, 2026 6:42:57 AM 8:18:28 PM 13h 35m 30s
Jun 1, 2026 6:20:06 AM 8:42:49 PM 14h 22m 42s
Jul 1, 2026 6:21:20 AM 8:52:53 PM 14h 31m 33s
Aug 1, 2026 6:41:03 AM 8:38:45 PM 13h 57m 41s
Sep 1, 2026 7:05:11 AM 8:03:09 PM 12h 57m 58s
Sep 17, 2026 7:17:01 AM 7:40:09 PM 12h 23m 8s
Sep 18, 2026 7:17:45 AM 7:38:41 PM 12h 20m 55s
Oct 1, 2026 7:27:30 AM 7:19:34 PM 11h 52m 3s
Nov 1, 2026 7:54:14 AM 6:40:04 PM 10h 45m 49s
Dec 1, 2026 7:23:41 AM 5:21:15 PM 9h 57m 33s

Sunrise & Sunset Photos

Great Smoky Mountains Landscape Photography by Dave Allen Photography, Great Smoky Mountains Landscape Photography - Serviceberry Sunset

Spring sunset over the Great Smok
Great Smoky Mountains Landscape Photography by Dave Allen Photography
An EXTRAORDINARY View! by It's a Keeper, This is where I have been since I have been MIA : )  I took this as I was all bundled up on an early
An EXTRAORDINARY View! by It's a Keeper
Cataloochee Elk-GSMNP by Thanks for 1.9M views, Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Cataloochee Valley

Old Palmer Methodist Church in the backgroun
Cataloochee Elk-GSMNP by Thanks for 1.9M views
Cowee Mountains Crowned in Glory by snapdragginphoto, Blue Ridge Parkway milepost 430.7 - elevation: 5950 feet... Cowee Bald is only 4944 feet, which mean
Cowee Mountains Crowned in Glory by snapdragginphoto
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-8351 by kasiahalka, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cataloochee; North Carolinaautumn cataloocheevalley covecreekroa
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-8351 by kasiahalka
Sundown in Beautiful North Carolina by It's a Keeper, <a href="http://www.fluidr.com/photos/barrentrees" rel="nofollow">www.fluidr.com/photos/barrentrees<
Sundown in Beautiful North Carolina by It's a Keeper
Heavenly Light   35/52 by Danny Buxton, A lovely, spiritual scene I was blessed having witnessed along the Blue Ridge Parkway Wednesday afte
Heavenly Light 35/52 by Danny Buxton
Fire In The Fog by Travis Rhoads, One of the more interesting sunrises I have ever seen.  I have never shot sunrise from under the fog
Fire In The Fog by Travis Rhoads
View from the Knob by Waterfall Guy, Cloudy sunset from Waterrock Knob along the Blue Ridge Parkwaywatterrock knob blue ridge parkway nor
View from the Knob by Waterfall Guy
Moody Sunset by Danny Buxton, The setting sun over Nantahala National Forest in western North Carolina. 

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Moody Sunset by Danny Buxton
Only a Memory by Ben Pierce Photography, Dedicated to my Grandma Jo, who's played an influential role in my appreciation for nature.

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Only a Memory by Ben Pierce Photography
Oh say can you Tennessee? by James_Burden, GSMNP Overlookmountain sunrise greatsmokeymountains greatsmokeymountainsnationalpark sonyilce7r sel2
Oh say can you Tennessee? by James_Burden
Outlook on Life by James_Burden, Standing here watching the sunrise on the mountains made me wonder why we let little insignificant t
Outlook on Life by James_Burden
Heaven Comes Down by snapdragginphoto, Within this region of the Blue Ridge, my place of choice for a sunset is the Cowee (pronounced co-we
Heaven Comes Down by snapdragginphoto
Sunset at Waterrock Knob - Explored by Michael Kline, From our trip to GSMNP and North Carolina last September 2012. sunset fog northcarolina september bl
Sunset at Waterrock Knob - Explored by Michael Kline
Serenity by Waterfall Guy, Sunset from the Mountains-to-the Sea Trail near Waterrock Knob just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, NCsu
Serenity by Waterfall Guy
Blue Ridge Sunset by Waterfall Guy, Sunset from Waterrock Knob on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  

To find this viewpoint take the trail to Wa
Blue Ridge Sunset by Waterfall Guy
Days End by Waterfall Guy, sunset from waterrock knob along blue ridge parkway north carolina
Days End by Waterfall Guy
Gold sunrise on the Blue Ridge Parkway by Don Ski, The day is just starting and already I have a fever for flare and the only prescription is more flar
Gold sunrise on the Blue Ridge Parkway by Don Ski
Sunrise Service by Darrell Duke, Church in the Cataloochee Valley early in the morning fog. 

Cataloochee Valley is the Eastern most
Sunrise Service by Darrell Duke
Waterrock Knob by Tim Lumley, The view from Waterrock Knob looking West NorthWest toward the Great Smokey Mountains.  As a frame o
Waterrock Knob by Tim Lumley
Sunset Over Great Smoky Mountains by milepost430media.com, The sun sets over the Great Smoky Mountainssun sunset glow sky orange greatsmokymountains blueridgep
Sunset Over Great Smoky Mountains by milepost430media.com
Afterglow by Waterfall Guy, Sunset from Cowee Mountin Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina (mile maker 430)blue
Afterglow by Waterfall Guy
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-7716 by kasiahalka, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cataloochee; North Carolinaautumn cataloocheevalley covecreekroa
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-7716 by kasiahalka
On the Blue Ridge by Waterfall Guy, Sunset along the Blue Ridge Parkway from Waterrock Knobblue sunset mountains forest north ridge nati
On the Blue Ridge by Waterfall Guy
After the Storm by Waterfall Guy, Sunset from Waterrock knob along the Blue Ridge Parkway.  

Most people shoot Waterrock Knob from th
After the Storm by Waterfall Guy
Autumn in the Smokies-7658 by kasiahalka, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cataloochee Valley; North Carolinaautumn cataloocheevalley covec
Autumn in the Smokies-7658 by kasiahalka
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-8353-2 by kasiahalka, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cataloochee; North Carolinaautumn cataloocheevalley covecreekroa
Elks in Cataloochee Valley-8353-2 by kasiahalka
A Peaceful Evening by Waterfall Guy, Sunset from Waterrock Knob along the Blue Ridge Parkway
blue sunset north ridge parkway carolina kno
A Peaceful Evening by Waterfall Guy
Autumn in the Smokies-7659 by kasiahalka, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, Cataloochee Valley; North Carolinaautumn cataloocheevalley covec
Autumn in the Smokies-7659 by kasiahalka
Thunder at Sunset by Waterfall Guy, Thunder cloud and rain at sunset along the Blue Ridge Parkwaysunset thundercloud blue ridge parkway
Thunder at Sunset by Waterfall Guy
Morning mist by www.davehallockphotography.com, up on the Blue Ridge Parkway neat Maggie Valley, NC

This is why they are called the Smokey Mountain
Morning mist by www.davehallockphotography.com
Orange on blue ridges in the morn by Don Ski, Blue Ridge Mountains right before sunriseappalachia appalachianmountains blueridgeparkway smokymount
Orange on blue ridges in the morn by Don Ski
Blue Ridge Sunset by Danny Shrode, Evening at Fork Ridge Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway never fails to impress.mountains sunset fal
Blue Ridge Sunset by Danny Shrode
Waterrock Knob Sunrise , Clouds, and Color by Warren Reed, autumn sun fall sunrise landscape scenery carolina blueridgeparkway wns brp westernnorthcarolina
Waterrock Knob Sunrise , Clouds, and Color by Warren Reed
Blue Ridge Parkway HDR by asawaa, The Blue Ridge Parkway at dawnblue sunrise dawn ridge parkway
Blue Ridge Parkway HDR by asawaa
Last Light by Waterfall Guy, Just after sunset from Cowee Mountain Overlook along the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Cowee overlook is loca
Last Light by Waterfall Guy
Woolyback Ridge Overlook by milepost430media.com, View from Woolyback Ridge Overlook (MP 452.3) on the Blue Ridge Parkwayblueridgeparkway mountains gr
Woolyback Ridge Overlook by milepost430media.com
Smoky Mountains Sunrise by Don Ski, That road is the Blue Ridge Parkway cutting through the Appalachian Mountains at daybreak. These mou
Smoky Mountains Sunrise by Don Ski
Burst Forth by Waterfall Guy, Sunset during a storm along the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Cowee Point Overlook
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Burst Forth by Waterfall Guy
Reflection of Sunset by Warren Reed, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolinanature wnc nc northcarolina sky clouds sunset weather
Reflection of Sunset by Warren Reed
Burst by Waterfall Guy, The sun sets at Cowee Point in North Carolina along the Blue Ridge Parkway
blue sunset point us nort
Burst by Waterfall Guy
Sunrise from Waterrock Knob by Frank Kehren, Sunrise from Waterrock Knob overlook (1774m), Blue Ridge Parkway (milepost 451), North Carolina

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Sunrise from Waterrock Knob by Frank Kehren
Elk in Cataloochee Valley by Mark Wingfield, Great the Great Smoky Mountainsnikon sunset color leaves road north carolina trees handheld outdoors
Elk in Cataloochee Valley by Mark Wingfield
Sunrise over Waynesville by www.davehallockphotography.com, A Panoramic from the Blue Ridge Parkway

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Sunrise over Waynesville by www.davehallockphotography.com
Sunrise over the Smokies by aCleary26, mountain mountains clouds sunrise north foggy carolina smoky
Sunrise over the Smokies by aCleary26
What you looking at? by oldshoe11d, Elk fawn at sunsetelk cataloocheevalley greatsmokeymountainsnationalpark wildlife
What you looking at? by oldshoe11d
No, Really, It's Smoky Mountains by Get The Flick, Waterrock Knob is on the Blue Ridge Parkway but it’s only about 25 miles out of the Great Smoky Moun
No, Really, It's Smoky Mountains by Get The Flick
Probably Not by Get The Flick, There might be a place on Earth prettier than Western North Carolina. But probably not.

From the pa
Probably Not by Get The Flick
Sunrise by Seminole Digital, Your visits are special, have a great dayfall sunrise maggievalleync
Sunrise by Seminole Digital
Blue Ridge Sunset by milepost430media.com,
Blue Ridge Sunset by milepost430media.com
Blue Ridge Sunset by milepost430media.com, Pink sky sunset over Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina.blueridge mountains northcarolina wnc pi
Blue Ridge Sunset by milepost430media.com
Waterrock Knob Sunrise Above the Clouds 1 by Warren Reed, sun clouds sunrise landscape scenery carolina blueridgeparkway wns brp westernnorthcarolina
Waterrock Knob Sunrise Above the Clouds 1 by Warren Reed
Cherokee Sunset by milepost430media.com,
Cherokee Sunset by milepost430media.com
Lake Junaluska Sunset by 1tomnic1,
Lake Junaluska Sunset by 1tomnic1
Mountain Sunset by augphoto, augphotoimagery nature outdoors sunset trees scenic sylva northcarolina unitedstates
Mountain Sunset by augphoto
Sunset by augphoto, augphotoimagery outdoors nature scenic sunset maggievalley northcarolina unitedstates
Sunset by augphoto
Thunderstorm at Sunset by Encountered Moments Photography, northcarolina waterrockknob blueridgeparkway sunset thunderstorm cloud mountains pentax pentaxk7 201
Thunderstorm at Sunset by Encountered Moments Photography
sunrise at Waterrock Knob by pmuellr, sylva northcarolina unitedstatesofamerica
sunrise at Waterrock Knob by pmuellr
Top of the world by theDawb Daddy, No wonder they call it the "Blue Ridge Mountains".  I was a week late in capturing fall co
Top of the world by theDawb Daddy