Buck Knob
Buck Knob rises to 625 m in Tennessee. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top Mountain Farm, a attraction 2.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 625 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 24 mi
- Ropers Rock · 24 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 24 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corncrib Knob: 2.6 mi
- Buck Knob: 3.8 mi
- Barn Hill: 4.2 mi
- Barker Pounds: 5.7 mi
- Bakewell Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Harris Park: 6.9 mi
- Sequatchie County Veterans Memorial Park: 7.6 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 7.6 mi
- Rock Creek RMA: 7.7 mi
- Soddy Municipal Park: 7.9 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 6.9 mi
- Site #10 - Jeffery Home Site: 6.9 mi
- Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 7.0 mi
- Site #6 - Mule Barn: 7.0 mi
- Site #4 - Incline Control House: 7.0 mi
- Imodium Falls: 5.2 mi
- Richey Ridge Falls 18: 5.3 mi
- Little Possum Falls 25: 5.6 mi
- Cooper Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Stevenson Branch Falls: 6.4 mi
- Raven Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Hobo Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Parker Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Gann Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 7.6 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 15.1 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 17.1 mi
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum - Grand Junction: 20.5 mi
- Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum: 20.5 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 20.5 mi
- In Town Gallery: 20.7 mi
- Shakespeare: 20.8 mi
- The Rhino: 20.8 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 2.0 mi
- M113: 7.6 mi
- Jeep: 7.6 mi
- UH-1: 7.6 mi
- The Suck: 18.0 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 7.5 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 10.6 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 13.1 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 14.8 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 16.6 mi
- rain garden: 16.5 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 21.4 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 21.5 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 24.6 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 24.8 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 13.9 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 15.5 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 17.9 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 18.3 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 17.0 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 20.4 mi
- Obar Spring: 24.5 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 20.5 mi
- George's Hole: 21.3 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 10.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.6 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 | W 268° | 715 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | W 270° | 703 m | 13.5 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | WNW 300° | 694 m | 13.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNW 338° | 693 m | 3.8 mi |
| Price Mountain | WNW 296° | 689 m | 14.6 mi |
| Flat Mountain | WNW 289° | 684 m | 11.8 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNE 28° | 679 m | 22.0 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NW 313° | 670 m | 17.3 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 | 19:22 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356790791
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 22 mi
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