Chinquapin Knob
Chinquapin Knob rises to 1,144 m in Tennessee. Balsam Point stands 1,774 m to the east-southeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America; GeoNames ID = 4801936.
Wikidata Q31666844, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,144 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 5 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Falls: 0.9 mi
- Mannis Branch Falls: 1.3 mi
- Meigs Creek Cascade: 3.2 mi
- Meigs Falls: 3.8 mi
- Cataract Falls: 4.0 mi
- Phils View: 1.8 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Maloney Point: 2.0 mi
- Piney Spur: 2.0 mi
- Mount Harrison: 2.3 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 3.2 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 3.3 mi
- Otter: 3.3 mi
- Bears: 3.3 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 4.5 mi
- Mynatt Park: 5.5 mi
- Wear Farm City Park: 8.1 mi
- Patriot Park: 8.2 mi
- Mills Park: 9.9 mi
- Sevierville City Park: 12.6 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 5.5 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 5.5 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 6.5 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 7.5 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Alum Cave: 9.5 mi
- East End: 9.7 mi
- Emert Bluff: 10.5 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.7 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 10.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 5.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 8.0 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 8.2 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 8.2 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 6.5 mi
- Greenbrier: 12.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 23.1 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 23.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Bear: 6.4 mi
- Fish: 8.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 13.2 mi
- Dolly Parton: 13.3 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 21.2 mi
- Elkmont: 2.3 mi
- Proctor: 15.7 mi
- Judson: 19.1 mi
- Calderwood: 24.7 mi
- Vista Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 21.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Strong rock spring: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Chinquapin Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balsam Point | ESE 103° | 1,774 m | 7.8 mi |
| Silers Bald | SSE 163° | 1,706 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cold Spring Knob | S 180° | 1,596 m | 6.8 mi |
| Sugarland Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,538 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Davis | S 191° | 1,534 m | 7.6 mi |
| Big Chestnut Bald | SSW 193° | 1,509 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Chestnut Bald | SSW 195° | 1,495 m | 8.1 mi |
| Ben Parton Lookout | S 171° | 1,482 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:16 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356794417
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