Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 175 m in Tennessee. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Hunter State Park Bryant Grove Area, a park 0.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31661245, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 175 m
How to reach it
- 26.5 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Posey Hill: 6.5 mi
- Britton Hill: 7.2 mi
- Sanford Knob: 7.6 mi
- Moor Hill: 7.9 mi
- Big Hill: 9.0 mi
- Long Hunter State Park Bryant Grove Area: 0.5 mi
- Bryant Grove Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
- Jones Mill Public Use Area: 0.8 mi
- Poole Knobs Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Fate Sanders Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 4.5 mi
- Sewart Air Force Base: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 4.9 mi
- Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 10.7 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 5.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 9.4 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 13.4 mi
- Croft House: 13.6 mi
- Tennessee Agricultural Museum: 13.6 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 5.6 mi
- Jesus Statue: 14.9 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 15.5 mi
- RONE: 15.8 mi
- #educationisnotacrime: 15.8 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 4.9 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 8.3 mi
- Visitor Center: 8.7 mi
- The Hermitage: 11.8 mi
- Wave Country: 13.1 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 17.5 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 1.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 2.3 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 7.9 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 11.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 8.9 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 9.9 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- State Street Garden: 17.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 18.4 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 6.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 16.7 mi
- Swimming Area: 1.2 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 17.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 15.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
- Maney Spring: 16.2 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSW 207° | 370 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buteomont | SW 225° | 369 m | 15.7 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SW 223° | 367 m | 14.4 mi |
| Polk Hill | SW 218° | 366 m | 13.7 mi |
| Morton Knob | SW 222° | 365 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | ESE 114° | 363 m | 14.5 mi |
| Scales Mountain | SSW 194° | 362 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SW 232° | 361 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276210 — Bald Knob, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356786305
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