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.
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
- 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
- Winged Deer Park: 2.6 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 2.8 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 2.9 mi
- Lions Park: 4.2 mi
- Civitan Park: 4.4 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 15.6 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 |
| Walnut Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,218 m | 15.6 mi |
| Firescald Knob | 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 |
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,074 m | 12.7 mi |
| Campbell Pen Knob | SE 133° | 1,068 m | 14.9 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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