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Bird Knob

Bird Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bird Knob rises to 976 m in Tennessee. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the south-southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Greer Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31662861, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
976 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.40123, -81.76178

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ralph Stout Park: 6.0 mi
  • Doe Mountain Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
  • Watauga Gorge River Access: 11.2 mi
  • Walter & Annie Cook Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
  • Lower Gorge River Access: 11.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Crab Orchard Falls: 13.9 mi
Attractions: 28
Artworks: 18
  • Doc Watson Statue: 13.3 mi
  • Hellbenders: 13.3 mi
  • Doc and Merle Watson: 13.4 mi
  • Time and Honor: 13.4 mi
  • The Magic Mailbox: 13.5 mi
Museums: 16
  • Welcome Center and Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Children's Playhouse: 13.7 mi
  • Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Beech Mountain History Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 16
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 10
  • Trials Playground: 5.6 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 7.1 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Gardens: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 6
  • Boiling Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Cave Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Brig Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Elk Shoals: 18.4 mi
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Bird Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snake MountainSSE 148°1,697 m5.7 mi
Rich MountainSSE 158°1,633 m6.7 mi
The PeakE 89°1,573 m6.6 mi
Bluff MountainE 94°1,542 m10.6 mi
Three Top MountainE 81°1,530 m10.0 mi
Old Field BaldESE 117°1,506 m7.7 mi
Pine Orchard KnobSE 127°1,490 m8.1 mi
Harmon KnobSSE 158°1,466 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1120:49
September equinox07:1618:5219:26
December solstice07:3616:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327647 — Bird Knob, Johnson County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356884116

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