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Bakers Knob

Bakers Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bakers Knob rises to 275 m in Tennessee. Blaylock Mountain stands 593 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Lick Creek Recreation Area, a park 2.8 miles away. Cordell Hull Highway passes 21 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q31661069, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
275 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.32339, -85.75887

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Salt Lick Creek Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
  • Granville Veteran's Park: 4.3 mi
  • Sunset Pavilion: 5.3 mi
  • Gainsboro Town Park: 6.0 mi
  • Granville Recreation Area / Indian Creek Campground: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 55
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 12
Museums: 10
  • Granville Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 11.8 mi
  • The Eads Museum: 12.3 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 12.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bakers Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blaylock MountainESE593 m24.8 mi
Willet MountainESE560 m23.6 mi
Jones MountainESE524 m21.8 mi
Miller MountainENE502 m24.4 mi
Reynolds MountainENE489 m23.8 mi
Phifer MountainSE487 m24.7 mi
Goodpasture MountainENE453 m19.3 mi
Turkey MountainESE447 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2118:55
June solstice05:2619:2620:05
September equinox06:3218:0818:42
December solstice06:5215:5216:32

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354048576674777670584739
Precip in4.84.95.34.75.55.54.94.13.43.73.95.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesboro, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276195 — Bakers Knob, Jackson County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356786262

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