Cedar Knob
Cedar Knob rises to 270 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Spanish Needle Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31666084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 270 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rome Access Area: 3.1 mi
- Trousdale County Park: 4.5 mi
- Shady Grove Access Area: 5.8 mi
- Hartsville Access Area: 6.4 mi
- Dickson Chapel Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Spanish Needle Knob: 1.5 mi
- Ward Hill: 2.8 mi
- Blue Knob: 5.2 mi
- Cub Knob: 5.6 mi
- Johnson Hill: 5.8 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Upton Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Belchers Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Whites Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 9.4 mi
- The Eads Museum: 9.5 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 11.3 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 12.1 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 13.4 mi
- Big Spring: 4.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 12.2 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 20.9 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 22.0 mi
- Spring Shelter: 9.5 mi
- General Hatton: 11.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.5 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 19.8 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 20.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cedar Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | S 190° | 398 m | 15.3 mi |
| Fisher Knob | S 183° | 383 m | 20.9 mi |
| Turney Knob | S 184° | 379 m | 21.0 mi |
| Round Top Knob | S 170° | 364 m | 18.7 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | SSW 202° | 363 m | 22.7 mi |
| Hawkins Hill | S 172° | 363 m | 24.2 mi |
| Fodderstack Knob | S 179° | 362 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 165° | 359 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartsville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1280080 — Cedar Knob, Smith County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356793544
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