Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 617 m in Tennessee. Pinnacle Mountain stands 1,074 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 18 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Washington County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31661297, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 617 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 27.0 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 26.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 28 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Golden Oak Park: 3.3 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 3.4 mi
- Jimmy Neil Smith Park: 3.4 mi
- Mill Spring Park: 3.5 mi
- Miller Knob: 1.6 mi
- Cruickshank Knob: 3.2 mi
- Greene Hill: 3.8 mi
- Old Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Shannon Knob: 6.7 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Baker Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Carillion: 7.5 mi
- Massengill Monument: 8.1 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 9.5 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 9.5 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 14.6 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 15.2 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 15.5 mi
- Josiah Falls: 15.9 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 16.6 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 3.1 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 3.1 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 3.5 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 3.6 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 7.9 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 8.1 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 12.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 14.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 18.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 10.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 15.4 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 17.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
- Junaluska: 6.1 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 18.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 19.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 20.5 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 20.6 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SE 142° | 1,074 m | 11.0 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SE 124° | 1,005 m | 9.4 mi |
| White Rock | ESE 119° | 980 m | 10.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | WNW 291° | 945 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cherokee Mountain | SE 133° | 931 m | 8.9 mi |
| Honeycomb Mountain | ESE 122° | 928 m | 14.9 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WNW 291° | 926 m | 12.8 mi |
| Green Knob | S 173° | 885 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327491 — Bald Knob, Washington County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356883930
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 8 mi
- Elizabethton · 14 mi
- Kingsport · 14 mi
- Bristol · 24 mi
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