Museum · Tennessee
The Muse Knoxville
The Muse Knoxville is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. House Mountain stands 629 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. Norris Freeway passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates35.99765, -83.88545
- 6.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Chilhowee Park: 0.1 mi
- Chilhowee Park: 0.2 mi
- Wilson Castle Park: 0.5 mi
- Claude Walker Park: 0.6 mi
- James Smith Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Mabrys Hill: 1.9 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.3 mi
- Temperance Hill: 2.5 mi
- Flint Hill: 2.6 mi
- Summit Hill: 3.0 mi
Attractions: 43
- Knox Selfie Lab: 2.8 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 4.1 mi
- Aspire: 14.9 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 17.4 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 17.5 mi
Historic sites: 39
- Christian-Newsom Memorial: 1.3 mi
- St. Mary's Hospital: 2.3 mi
- Tennessee Monument: 2.7 mi
- James White Fort: 2.8 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 2.8 mi
Museums: 30
- The Muse Knoxville: 0.0 mi
- Winstead Mansion: 1.8 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 1.8 mi
- Mabry-Hazen House: 2.0 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 2.8 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Paint Rock Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 6.7 mi
- Wright Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Keller Bluff: 14.5 mi
Gardens: 9
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 1.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 3.9 mi
- Grow Lab: 4.2 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 4.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Ijams Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 4.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 4.0 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 4.5 mi
Artworks: 7
- Alex Haley Statue: 2.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 3.9 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 4.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 17.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Love's Creek Spring: 2.2 mi
- Strong rock spring: 9.8 mi
- Herron Spring: 17.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 23.5 mi
- Hardin Spring: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 5.9 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Saratoga Pavillion: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Loyston: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of The Muse Knoxville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| House Mountain | NE 40° | 629 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SE 135° | 624 m | 16.6 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SE 141° | 604 m | 16.5 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | SE 138° | 566 m | 16.6 mi |
| Rhetts View | NE 39° | 500 m | 15.7 mi |
| Brushy Knob | NNW 345° | 471 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mitchell Knob | NNW 346° | 463 m | 10.3 mi |
| Roderick Mountain | ENE 77° | 432 m | 14.4 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
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