Alexander Knob
Alexander Knob rises to 401 m in Tennessee. Salt Spring Mountain stands 953 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Knobs, a peak 1.5 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31660463, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 401 m
How to reach it
- 22.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 27 mi
- Whig Cove · 28 mi
- Haw Knob · 29 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Knobs: 1.5 mi
- Chapel HIll: 3.3 mi
- Lotterdale Knob: 3.5 mi
- Big Hill: 4.8 mi
- High Top: 5.9 mi
- Lotterdale Cove Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area: 4.7 mi
- Foothills Pointe Park: 5.0 mi
- Morganton Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Poplar Springs Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Morganton: 5.3 mi
- McGhee: 7.0 mi
- Lenoir Cotton Mill: 7.3 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 8.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 11.0 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Mizell Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Blair Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Keller Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 3.4 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 7.3 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 9.1 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 9.3 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 12.9 mi
- Abrams Falls: 18.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.2 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 22.0 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 22.5 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
- Poplar Spring: 5.8 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hardin Spring: 7.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 12.4 mi
- Poplar Spring: 17.4 mi
- Greenback Castle: 6.2 mi
- Caboose: 9.2 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 12.1 mi
- The Lost Sea: 18.6 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 21.0 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 6.9 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 21.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 21.1 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 21.1 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 22.8 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 22.9 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 23.2 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 24.4 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 10.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 24.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 11.8 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 21.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 21.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 23.7 mi
- Calderwood: 18.2 mi
- Wheat: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Alexander Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Spring Mountain | SSE 157° | 953 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mount Lanier | SE 126° | 948 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SE 132° | 843.265 m | 18.4 mi |
| Look Rock | ESE 112° | 810.463 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ellis Butt | ESE 102° | 738 m | 16.3 mi |
| Tallasee Mountain | SSE 148° | 650 m | 18.7 mi |
| Spruce Double | ESE 114° | 622 m | 18.8 mi |
| Peaked Top | S 190° | 565 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356785082
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