Big Knob
Big Knob rises to 555 m in Tennessee. High Point stands 966 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Robbins park, a park 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31662607, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 555 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Graveyard Hill: 2.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 3.0 mi
- Sheep Rock Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Coal Hill Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Joel Dyer Mountain: 5.1 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 2.7 mi
- Sheep Rock: 5.8 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 7.5 mi
- Needles Eye: 8.4 mi
- Red Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Robbins park: 0.7 mi
- Robbins Park: 0.7 mi
- Highschool Park: 4.2 mi
- Flat Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Needles Eye: 8.4 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 7.2 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 24.6 mi
- Convict Lease System: 24.6 mi
- Militia Hill: 24.7 mi
- Coal Creek War: 24.7 mi
- Winona General Store: 7.3 mi
- Train Cars: 8.0 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 15.0 mi
- Twin Arch South: 15.6 mi
- Twin Arches: 15.6 mi
- Diocese Arch: 8.1 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 18.1 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 18.7 mi
- Etta's Arch: 18.8 mi
- Split Bow Arch: 19.0 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 4.3 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 19.0 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 20.5 mi
- Old Jail: 20.5 mi
- Angel Falls: 10.5 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 15.8 mi
- Debord Falls: 16.0 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 20.7 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 16.0 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 17.6 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 18.4 mi
- Montgomery: 16.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 18.1 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 6.9 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Big Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Point | SE 145° | 966 m | 12.9 mi |
| High Knob | SSE 159° | 938 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sandy Gap Mountan | SSE 152° | 929 m | 12.4 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SE 130° | 887 m | 7.8 mi |
| Gibson Knob | SE 129° | 887 m | 9.6 mi |
| Landrom Mountain | S 174° | 884 m | 10.8 mi |
| Justice Mountain | SSE 161° | 877 m | 12.0 mi |
| Young Mountain | S 175° | 872 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:22 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1311270 — Big Knob, Scott County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356851190
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