Chestnut Knob
Chestnut Knob rises to 580 m in Tennessee. Holston Mountain stands 1,264 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Mount, a peak 1.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 20 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31666369, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 580 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 25.3 mi off the Mission Crossing
Named places within 25 miles
- Winged Deer Park: 2.6 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 2.9 mi
- Lions Park: 4.2 mi
- Civitan Park: 4.4 mi
- Lakeview Park: 4.4 mi
- Rocky Mount: 1.4 mi
- Vest Knob: 2.7 mi
- Bogart Knob: 3.0 mi
- Master Knob: 3.5 mi
- Paddys Knob: 4.7 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 3.5 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Moody Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Massengill Monument: 2.6 mi
- Fort Watauga: 4.9 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 4.9 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 4.9 mi
- The Tipton Family: 4.9 mi
- Laurel Falls: 13.1 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 13.7 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 14.6 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 4.9 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 10.3 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 10.3 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 11.1 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 5.8 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 5.9 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 7.4 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 9.0 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 11.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.2 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 23.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 14.5 mi
- Junaluska: 6.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Hampton Spring: 11.0 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chestnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holston Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,264 m | 13.8 mi |
| Holston High Knob | ENE 72° | 1,261 m | 13.8 mi |
| Firescald Knob | ESE 123° | 1,218 m | 15.6 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,218 m | 15.6 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSE 169° | 1,129 m | 13.1 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 142° | 1,101 m | 12.5 mi |
| Little Pond Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,101 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,074 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356794241
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 6 mi
- Johnson City · 6 mi
- Bristol · 15 mi
- Kingsport · 16 mi
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