Brushy Knob
Brushy Knob rises to 471 m in Tennessee. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 2.2 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 471 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Lake Park: 1.6 mi
- Willow Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Halls Greenway Park: 2.6 mi
- Clayton Park: 2.7 mi
- Halls Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Mitchell Knob: 1.6 mi
- Potter Knob: 2.4 mi
- Miller Knobs: 7.4 mi
- House Mountain: 8.9 mi
- John Pratt Hill: 9.6 mi
- Josie Fine Memorial: 4.9 mi
- St. Mary's Hospital: 8.8 mi
- Christian-Newsom Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Tennessee Monument: 10.0 mi
- Loyston: 10.1 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 8.7 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 9.1 mi
- Norris Museum: 9.7 mi
- Winstead Mansion: 10.1 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 10.3 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 2.6 mi
- River Ridge: 11.3 mi
- Kitts Point: 11.5 mi
- Signal Point: 11.9 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 13.1 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 11.7 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 12.7 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 9.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.4 mi
- Grow Lab: 11.6 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 11.8 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 10.5 mi
- Aspire: 11.3 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 11.6 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 12.0 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 7.7 mi
- Strong rock spring: 13.9 mi
- Herron Spring: 20.9 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 10.4 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 11.5 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 11.7 mi
- Loyston: 10.1 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 14.6 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brushy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,075 m | 17.9 mi |
| The Flag Pole | WNW 288° | 1,075 m | 17.9 mi |
| Vowell Mountain | WNW 294° | 813 m | 16.3 mi |
| Donehew Head | ENE 64° | 643 m | 14.0 mi |
| House Mountain | E 94° | 629 m | 8.9 mi |
| Sun Butte | WNW 295° | 587 m | 16.8 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 330° | 537 m | 18.4 mi |
| Weavers Knob | N 2° | 513 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:46 | 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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1278708 — Brushy Knob, Knox County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356790611
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