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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. 75 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

75 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Parks: 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 HillSE246 m17.7 mi
Balding KnobSE237 m22.5 mi
The MoundNNE215 m11.7 mi
Collier HillSE208 m9.5 mi
Durham HillESE206 m6.8 mi
Rushing HillSSE204 m22.0 mi
Cooley HillENE203 m5.7 mi
Ivy HillESE202 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 50–80 °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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