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Bald Knob

Bald Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Knob rises to 178 m in Tennessee. Slaughter Hill stands 246 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Copperas Bluff, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 19 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Houston County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31661175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
178 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.24256, -87.91892

Overlooks nearby

82 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
Peaks: 28
Cliffs: 9
Historic sites: 4
  • Confederate War Memorial: 17.0 mi
  • Cannon Monument: 17.4 mi
  • Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site: 18.4 mi
  • Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Missionary Park Picnic Site: 12.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Nolan Spring: 19.9 mi
Museums: 1
  • Paris Henry County Heritage Center: 23.1 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slaughter HillSE 127°246 m17.7 mi
Balding KnobSE 133°237 m22.5 mi
The MoundNNE 29°215 m11.7 mi
Collier HillSE 139°208 m9.5 mi
Durham HillESE 111°206 m6.8 mi
Rushing HillSSE 158°204 m22.0 mi
Cooley HillENE 66°203 m5.7 mi
Ivy HillESE 123°202 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:3519:3520:13
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0016:0116:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364049586775787871604940
Precip in4.04.66.06.05.24.04.03.63.04.74.74.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tennessee Ridge, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356786312

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