Branch Knob
Branch Knob rises to 587 m in Tennessee. Little Fork Mountain stands 965 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Knob, a peak 0.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q31427036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 587 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wolf Knob: 0.3 mi
- Buckhorn Knob: 0.5 mi
- Ditney Knob: 0.9 mi
- Petes Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hatfield Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Catoosa Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Robinhood Park: 6.3 mi
- Obed Wild and Scenic River: 6.9 mi
- Nemo Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Rockwood Community Park: 11.6 mi
- Image Wall: 9.1 mi
- Negro Jumpoff: 10.7 mi
- Brady Bluff: 12.9 mi
- White Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Long Point: 15.8 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 9.7 mi
- Delozier Spring: 12.0 mi
- Dripping Spring: 12.8 mi
- Ambrose Spring: 16.5 mi
- Rose Spring: 17.4 mi
- Ozone Falls: 7.1 mi
- Ray Falls: 14.1 mi
- Upper Piney Falls 80: 17.8 mi
- Lower Piney Falls 40: 18.0 mi
- Keaton Falls: 19.0 mi
- Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area: 3.8 mi
- Black Mountain Area: 9.0 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 12.5 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 15.2 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 17.4 mi
- Troop 45: 13.0 mi
- Lake Shore: 16.5 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 16.6 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 16.6 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 13.6 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 13.6 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 15.1 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 20.3 mi
- K-25 History Center: 22.3 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 13.5 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 13.6 mi
- Roadside Table: 17.3 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 20.3 mi
- Montgomery: 13.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 22.8 mi
- Wheat: 23.3 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Sam: 16.7 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 17.9 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Branch Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Fork Mountain | ENE 63° | 965 m | 19.5 mi |
| Chimney Top Mountain | ENE 62° | 948 m | 18.4 mi |
| Hinch Mountain | SW 218° | 931 m | 17.5 mi |
| England Mountain | NE 54° | 921 m | 19.5 mi |
| Dorton Knob | SW 221° | 910 m | 16.6 mi |
| Brady Mountain | SW 224° | 893 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | SW 218° | 893 m | 16.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 218° | 862 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:22 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:50 | 17:29 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockwood 2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1278228 — Branch Knob, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356789859
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