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Bear Knob

Bear Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bear Knob rises to 917 m in Tennessee. Redoak Mountain stands 1,027 m to the east, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Arch Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31661763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
917 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.20175, -84.39243

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 28
  • Why Miners Fought: 12.4 mi
  • Convict Lease System: 12.4 mi
  • Coal Creek War: 12.4 mi
  • Militia Hill: 12.5 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 12
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 3.7 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.3 mi
  • Winona General Store: 12.4 mi
  • Aspire: 16.8 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Massengil Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Herron Spring: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Debord Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Angel Falls: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 22.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Bear Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Redoak MountainE 99°1,027 m7.9 mi
Big FodderstackSSW 191°1,013 m6.6 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 121°1,008 m5.4 mi
Stallion MountainSW 217°1,007 m4.6 mi
Hurricane MountainNE 51°1,007 m8.5 mi
Squire KnobSW 225°1,002 m5.0 mi
Frozen HeadSW 214°1,001 m6.6 mi
Burge MountainSSW 196°993 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1276624 — Bear Knob, Scott County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356786844

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