Observation Park
Observation Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 536 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the south-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 536 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 24.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 27.4 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 28.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Knob: 0.2 mi
- Taylor Knob: 2.4 mi
- Mock Knob: 2.6 mi
- Grandfather Knob: 2.7 mi
- Little Oak Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 2.5 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Holston View Park: 5.8 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Tower: 6.6 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Cobra: 8.0 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 9.4 mi
- Backbone Rock: 12.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 16.5 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 17.6 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 18.0 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 10.2 mi
- Abrams Falls: 13.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.6 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 18.5 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 5.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 12.5 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 14.3 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 14.7 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 16.3 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 8.1 mi
- William King Museum: 9.6 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 9.6 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 9.7 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 15.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 18.7 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 24.1 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 14.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 14.1 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 15.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 19.6 mi
- Boiling Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 17.5 mi
- Brig Spring: 18.3 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.7 mi
- Heartwood: 8.5 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 14.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 22.5 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 8.7 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 24.3 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Observation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | SSE 147° | 1,295 m | 5.7 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 121° | 1,282 m | 10.0 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,264 m | 8.5 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSW 194° | 1,261 m | 8.6 mi |
| Forge Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,249 m | 16.8 mi |
| Locust Knob | SE 144° | 1,223 m | 5.6 mi |
| McQueen Knob | E 93° | 1,177 m | 6.6 mi |
| Doe Mountain | SE 137° | 1,163 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 8 mi away.
- Bald Eagle66 obs
- Ring-billed Gull48 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe38 obs
- Common Loon32 obs
- American Kestrel29 obs
- Great Blue Heron22 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
- Killdeer21 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885610
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 8 mi
- Elizabethton · 20 mi
- Johnson City · 25 mi
- Kingsport · 29 mi
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