Black Sulphur Knobs
Black Sulphur Knobs rises to 416 m in Tennessee. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Coon Hollow Knobs, a peak 2.9 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31663009, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 416 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.0 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 24 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 24 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 25 mi
- Whig Cove · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coon Hollow Knobs: 2.9 mi
- Look Rock: 3.1 mi
- Needmore Hill: 3.4 mi
- Ellis Butt: 3.7 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 3.6 mi
- Pearson Springs Park: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Springs Park: 4.5 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 5.0 mi
- Bicentennial Greenbelt Park: 5.4 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 5.4 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 10.0 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 10.5 mi
- Greenback Castle: 12.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 12.8 mi
- Abrams Falls: 6.4 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 11.1 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 12.4 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 13.9 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 15.0 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 4.9 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 5.6 mi
- Chota Monument: 12.8 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 12.9 mi
- McGhee: 14.7 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 5.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 11.6 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 15.9 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 18.9 mi
- Morton Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Morton Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Emert Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 18.4 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 18.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 18.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 18.6 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 11.6 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 16.7 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 5.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 19.0 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 19.2 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 20.6 mi
- Fish: 23.9 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 18.0 mi
- Hardin Spring: 18.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 18.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 18.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 24.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 18.3 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 18.6 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 18.8 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 20.1 mi
- Calderwood: 12.4 mi
- Proctor: 19.2 mi
- Elkmont: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Black Sulphur Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | SSE 154° | 1,505.1 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | SSE 152° | 1,452 m | 12.1 mi |
| Parson Bald | SSE 159° | 1,441.65 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pole Knob | SE 127° | 1,330.75 m | 12.4 mi |
| High Point | SSE 153° | 1,328.6 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cobb Butt | SE 127° | 1,176.8 m | 11.8 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | SSE 150° | 1,176 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cerulean Knob | ESE 108° | 1,128.06 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1277599 — Black Sulphur Knobs, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356788549
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