Bear Knob
Bear Knob rises to 547 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cub Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Overton County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31661781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 547 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 27.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cub Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Sisco Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Stout Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Norrod Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Livingston City Ballpark: 9.7 mi
- South Fentress Comunity Park: 10.7 mi
- Whitaker Park: 11.4 mi
- Meadow Creek Park: 12.3 mi
- Spring Creek State Scenic River: 16.2 mi
- Rocky Bar: 6.2 mi
- Jane Bend Overlook: 9.4 mi
- Ding Dong Rock: 9.5 mi
- Big Piney Overlook: 9.6 mi
- Swift Ford Overlook: 9.8 mi
- Overton County Museum: 10.2 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 11.3 mi
- Old Jail: 16.6 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 16.6 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 20.2 mi
- East Point Marina: 11.2 mi
- East Fork Stables: 12.6 mi
- good landing beach: 15.1 mi
- Sunset Marina: 16.5 mi
- launch site for kayak: 16.5 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 15.9 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 16.0 mi
- City Lake Falls: 18.5 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 19.6 mi
- Savannah Falls: 20.8 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 10.0 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 19.7 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 19.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 20.2 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 21.3 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Olympus: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill | SSE 168° | 617 m | 17.1 mi |
| Hampton Mountain | SSW 204° | 616 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | SSW 206° | 597 m | 7.4 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | SW 233° | 593 m | 11.5 mi |
| Green Pond Mountain | S 175° | 592 m | 6.3 mi |
| Verble Knobs | S 189° | 587 m | 12.1 mi |
| Copeland Mountain | SSW 209° | 585 m | 7.3 mi |
| Harris Mountain | WSW 247° | 582 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
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 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356786848
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