Burke Knob
Burke Knob rises to 419 m in Tennessee. Honeycutt Mountain stands 658 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Maude's Crack Overlook, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31664737, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 419 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Maude's Crack Overlook: 0.4 mi
- John Muir Overlook: 1.6 mi
- Big Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Middle Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Devil's Slot: 8.0 mi
- Lexton Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Watts Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Dolen Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Gobblers Knob: 5.0 mi
- Stepping Rock: 5.4 mi
- Twin Arches: 5.9 mi
- Slave Falls: 6.9 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 7.9 mi
- Bear Creek Scenic Area: 8.1 mi
- Needles Eye: 9.2 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 5.1 mi
- Twin Arch North: 5.1 mi
- Twin Arches: 5.1 mi
- Twin Arch South: 5.1 mi
- Rock Hole: 5.5 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 1.7 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 2.3 mi
- Etta's Arch: 2.3 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 5.3 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 5.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 6.2 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Yahoo Falls: 15.1 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 7.6 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 14.2 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 16.9 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 18.6 mi
- Old Jail: 18.6 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 15.4 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 16.5 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 19.8 mi
- Six Gun City: 24.7 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 7.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 22.9 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 23.8 mi
- Koger Spring: 12.0 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 16.2 mi
- Mill Spring: 25.0 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Stop: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Burke Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honeycutt Mountain | ESE 112° | 658 m | 13.0 mi |
| Privet Mountain | ESE 114° | 641 m | 14.3 mi |
| Shug Mountain | ESE 122° | 624 m | 14.4 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | WNW 298° | 530 m | 14.4 mi |
| Black House Mountain | WSW 258° | 513 m | 12.9 mi |
| Millsap Hill | WNW 301° | 507 m | 11.4 mi |
| Smith Knob | SE 133° | 502 m | 8.4 mi |
| Jane Point | WSW 252° | 495 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:23 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
Local time (America/Kentucky/Monticello).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickett SP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327766 — Burke Knob, Scott County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884229
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