Brier Knob
Brier Knob rises to 1,591 m in Tennessee. Silers Bald stands 1,706 m to the east, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Courthouse, a peak 0.6 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4608582
Wikidata Q31663808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1591.05 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 15 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 15 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Courthouse: 0.6 mi
- Peak 4820: 0.9 mi
- Devils Bench: 1.1 mi
- Thunderhead Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Devils Race Patch: 1.5 mi
- Indian Flats Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 3.3 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
- Spruce Flats Falls: 4.4 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 5.7 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 8.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 8.2 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.7 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 11.4 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 11.4 mi
- Mynatt Park: 12.9 mi
- David Monteith Park: 14.7 mi
- Swain County Park: 15.0 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 16.3 mi
- MacNeill Park: 16.3 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.4 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 13.2 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 13.3 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 14.2 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Emert Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 14.0 mi
- The Jump-up: 16.2 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 11.2 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Fort Harry: 12.5 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 16.7 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 5.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Bear: 14.1 mi
- Fish: 16.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.8 mi
- Veterans Statue: 21.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 21.5 mi
- Proctor: 7.2 mi
- Elkmont: 8.0 mi
- Judson: 13.2 mi
- Calderwood: 18.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 10.7 mi
- Greenbrier: 19.3 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 24.2 mi
- Vista Gardens: 13.8 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 21.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Brier Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silers Bald | E 93° | 1,706.06 m | 6.4 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | E 93° | 1,697.78 m | 7.6 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | W 265° | 1,685.16 m | 1.5 mi |
| Rocky Top | WSW 257° | 1,657.32 m | 2.0 mi |
| Blockhouse Mountain | SW 231° | 1,650.92 m | 2.2 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | E 81° | 1,595.73 m | 4.1 mi |
| High Rocks | SE 146° | 1,577.95 m | 5.9 mi |
| Welch Bald | SSE 154° | 1,577.95 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1305416 — Brier Knob, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356843554
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