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Knoxville Historic Train

Knoxville Historic Train from directly overhead

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

Coordinates35.95763, -83.91965

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions: 43
  • 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
Historic sites: 37
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • 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
Springs: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainSE 129°899 m16.9 mi
Little DoubleSE 132°851 m16.8 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE 141°720 m16.7 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 140°712 m16.5 mi
House MountainNE 39°629 m13.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 123°624 m16.4 mi
Big Pine MountainSE 129°604 m15.9 mi
Mount NeboSSE 162°600 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9194469081

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