Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 693 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Raven Cliff, a cliff 1.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 693 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 28 mi
- Ropers Rock · 28 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 28 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 3.8 mi
- Corncrib Knob: 5.9 mi
- Barn Hill: 7.1 mi
- Nichols Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Bakewell Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Harris Park: 6.0 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 6.5 mi
- Sequatchie County Veterans Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- John Griswold Recreation Park: 8.4 mi
- Rock Creek RMA: 9.1 mi
- Imodium Falls: 7.3 mi
- Little Possum Falls 25: 7.8 mi
- Legget Branch Falls 30: 7.9 mi
- Richey Ridge Falls 18: 8.0 mi
- McGill Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Raven Cliff: 1.3 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 4.9 mi
- Hobo Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Parker Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 10.6 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 10.7 mi
- Site #6 - Mule Barn: 10.7 mi
- Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 10.7 mi
- Site #4 - Incline Control House: 10.7 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 6.5 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 16.1 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 16.8 mi
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum - Grand Junction: 24.3 mi
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: 24.3 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 10.7 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 13.6 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 15.6 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 16.9 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 17.3 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 4.2 mi
- M113: 7.3 mi
- UH-1: 7.3 mi
- Jeep: 7.3 mi
- George's Hole: 17.5 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 24.0 mi
- In Town Gallery: 24.2 mi
- Shakespeare: 24.3 mi
- The Rhino: 24.3 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 24.7 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 17.8 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 21.7 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 22.1 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- George's Hole: 17.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
- rain garden: 20.0 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 24.8 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 24.9 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 18.2 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 20.1 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 10.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | WSW 256° | 715 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | WSW 253° | 703 m | 12.7 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | WNW 287° | 694 m | 11.0 mi |
| Price Mountain | WNW 283° | 689 m | 12.0 mi |
| Flat Mountain | W 272° | 684 m | 9.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | NE 36° | 679 m | 19.7 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NW 306° | 670 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | WNW 295° | 664 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soddy Daisy-mowbray MTN, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356790794
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 25 mi
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