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Battery Knob

Battery Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Battery Knob rises to 283 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith County Heritage Museum, a museum 1.1 miles away. Cordell Hull Highway passes 30 miles off. 150 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31661632, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
283 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.26783, -85.94832

150 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Parks: 51
Cliffs: 19
Museums: 8
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 1.1 mi
  • The Eads Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Granville Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 18.8 mi
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 3.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 13.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSW 222°398 m17.9 mi
Fisher KnobSSW 208°383 m21.8 mi
Turney KnobSSW 209°379 m22.0 mi
Round Top KnobSSW 200°364 m17.9 mi
Hawkins HillSSW 195°363 m23.1 mi
Fodderstack KnobSSW 203°362 m23.0 mi
Pilot KnobSSW 212°359 m11.3 mi
Lawrence KnobSSW 208°359 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2218:56
June solstice05:2719:2720:05
September equinox06:3218:0818:42
December solstice06:5215:5316:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787771604941
Precip in4.54.95.04.44.75.05.03.73.43.43.54.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356786680

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