Burgess Knob
Burgess Knob rises to 334 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664721, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 334 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Evans Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Tomahawk Knob: 1.6 mi
- Walnut Knob: 2.3 mi
- Pilot Knob: 2.4 mi
- Winfree Knob: 3.0 mi
- Turney Ford Field: 5.2 mi
- 3 Forks Park: 7.4 mi
- Rome Access Area: 8.4 mi
- Cove Hollow Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Long Branch Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Gin Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Upton Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Petty Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 11.3 mi
- The Eads Museum: 7.4 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- Granville Museum: 15.1 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 15.5 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 16.7 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 24.0 mi
- Burgess Falls: 24.5 mi
- Middle Falls: 24.6 mi
- Little Falls: 24.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 24.7 mi
- Big Spring: 11.3 mi
- Spring Creek: 12.4 mi
- Pinhook: 24.8 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 11.7 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 22.6 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 11.7 mi
- Spring Shelter: 12.2 mi
- General Hatton: 15.7 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Burgess Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | S 173° | 635 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mason Mountain | S 169° | 533 m | 19.4 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | SSE 165° | 522 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | S 178° | 446 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Defiance | WSW 238° | 398 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSW 210° | 383 m | 12.5 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSW 211° | 379 m | 12.8 mi |
| Round Top Knob | SSW 194° | 364 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:54 | 16:34 |
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 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356791180
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