Chestnut Knob
Chestnut Knob rises to 1,209 m in Tennessee. Big Bald stands 1,674 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Higgins Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Unicoi County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31666530, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,209 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 18.2 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 21.7 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 25.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 22 mi
- Walker Knob Overlook (MP 359.8) · 26 mi
- Glassmine Falls Overlook (MP 361.2) · 27 mi
- Graybeard Mountain View (MP 363.4) · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Unicoi Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Eugene P. Price Kiwanis Park: 6.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 6.4 mi
- Fishery Park: 8.5 mi
- Old Forge Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Frozen Knob: 2.6 mi
- Flattop: 2.9 mi
- Rich Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sampson Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Wilson Knob: 3.4 mi
- Lower Higgins Creek Falls: 0.9 mi
- Birchfield Camp Falls: 1.2 mi
- Josiah Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 1.5 mi
- Longarm Branch Falls: 1.8 mi
- WWII Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Moye Rest: 10.2 mi
- Max Morrell Memorial Tree: 12.3 mi
- Carillion: 16.6 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 16.8 mi
- Bayless Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Stony Point: 5.9 mi
- Yarbrough Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 8.6 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 10.8 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 13.6 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 13.9 mi
- Junaluska: 17.5 mi
- Rock Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Black Mountain Range: 17.5 mi
- Petal & Leaves: 17.5 mi
- Friends: 17.5 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 17.8 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 17.8 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 20.9 mi
- Navitat Canopy Adventures: 21.2 mi
- Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 23.7 mi
- Overlook Access: 20.1 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 21.8 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Mountain Gardens: 24.5 mi
- Terrace garden: 24.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 23.2 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 18.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 22.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 22.3 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 23.0 mi
- Lost Cove: 6.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Chestnut Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bald | SSE 168° | 1,674 m | 7.6 mi |
| Big Stamp | SSE 167° | 1,639 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Bald | SSE 152° | 1,575 m | 7.0 mi |
| Upper Haw Knob | S 172° | 1,492 m | 9.8 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | WSW 238° | 1,480 m | 6.7 mi |
| Gravel Knob | WSW 248° | 1,478 m | 6.5 mi |
| Big Butt | WSW 251° | 1,467 m | 6.7 mi |
| Elk Wallow Knob | SSE 168° | 1,452 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1327892 — Chestnut Knob, Unicoi County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884373
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 18 mi
- Elizabethton · 23 mi
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