Bald Knob
Bald Knob rises to 403 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Agee, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 5.3 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31661156, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 403 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 27.2 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
- 27.3 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 8 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 29 mi
- Pinnacle Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Campbell County Park: 4.6 mi
- Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area: 5.9 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 7.1 mi
- Kincaid Historical Monument: 7.1 mi
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 8.0 mi
- High Knob: 2.9 mi
- Tanbark Knob: 3.1 mi
- High Point: 7.2 mi
- Weavers Knob: 7.3 mi
- Steamboat Rock: 7.4 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 5.7 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 8.0 mi
- Norris Museum: 9.1 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 9.6 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 10.1 mi
- Hangover Rock: 10.1 mi
- River Ridge: 11.1 mi
- Monks Corner: 11.5 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Big Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 14.8 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 15.7 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center: 21.8 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 7.4 mi
- Aspire: 16.8 mi
- Train Cars: 21.6 mi
- Abandoned Train: 22.4 mi
- Winona General Store: 22.5 mi
- Loyston: 6.8 mi
- Fork Mountain: 25.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 20.3 mi
- Otey Mill Spring: 22.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 23.5 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 19.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | SW 229° | 1,075 m | 13.6 mi |
| The Flag Pole | SW 229° | 1,075 m | 13.6 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | SW 229° | 1,027 m | 15.2 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WSW 256° | 1,007 m | 13.1 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | WSW 258° | 976 m | 13.3 mi |
| Ash Log Mountain | WSW 255° | 975 m | 14.7 mi |
| Grissel Knob | W 259° | 973 m | 12.8 mi |
| Huckaby Knob | W 274° | 953 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276213 — Bald Knob, Campbell County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356786314
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