Knoxville Historic Train
Knoxville Historic Train is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Bluff Mountain stands 899 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is River Mountain Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
city and county seat of Knox County, State of Tennessee, United States
Dates from 1786.
Wikidata Q185582, matched on coordinates and name (558 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Mountain Park: 0.1 mi
- Volunteer Landing: 0.2 mi
- World's Fair Park: 0.4 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
- Krutch Park: 0.5 mi
- Summit Hill: 0.6 mi
- Flint Hill: 0.8 mi
- Temperance Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mabrys Hill: 1.5 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.1 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 0.7 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 5.4 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 14.3 mi
- Aspire: 14.7 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 15.4 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Miller's Building Arch: 0.5 mi
- James White Fort: 0.5 mi
- Terra: 0.6 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 0.6 mi
- Blount Mansion: 0.4 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 0.5 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 0.5 mi
- McClung Museum: 0.6 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 0.6 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 3.4 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Keller Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Grow Lab: 1.0 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 1.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 1.4 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 2.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 0.5 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 0.6 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 1.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 14.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.8 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 5.0 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.3 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 24.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 24.2 mi
- Meigs Falls: 24.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 5.6 mi
- Strong rock spring: 12.4 mi
- Herron Spring: 14.6 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.4 mi
- Hardin Spring: 20.5 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 15.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Loyston: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Knoxville Historic Train. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Mountain | SE 129° | 899 m | 16.9 mi |
| Little Double | SE 132° | 851 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | SE 141° | 720 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pleasant View | SE 140° | 712 m | 16.5 mi |
| House Mountain | NE 39° | 629 m | 13.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 123° | 624 m | 16.4 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 129° | 604 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SSE 162° | 600 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9194469081
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