Cold Spring Knob
Cold Spring Knob rises to 1,596 m in Tennessee. Kuwohi stands 2,025 m to the east, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemlock Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 7.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q31667431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,595.73 m
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 13.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 14.8 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 7 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 11 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 11 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Flats Falls: 1.6 mi
- Hazel Creek Cascades: 2.8 mi
- Marks Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lynn Camp Falls: 3.9 mi
- War Branch Cascade: 3.9 mi
- Ober Mountain Coaster: 8.9 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 8.9 mi
- Otter: 9.0 mi
- Bears: 9.0 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 9.1 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 1.0 mi
- Ben Parton Lookout: 1.3 mi
- Mount Davis: 1.6 mi
- Big Chestnut Bald: 2.0 mi
- Dripping Spring Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mynatt Park: 9.9 mi
- David Monteith Park: 12.5 mi
- Swain County Recreation Park: 13.7 mi
- MacNeill Park: 13.8 mi
- Riverfront Park: 13.8 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 10.3 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 10.4 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 10.5 mi
- The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum;The Salt & Pepper Shaker Museum: 11.1 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum: 13.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Alum Cave: 10.0 mi
- Emert Bluff: 12.7 mi
- The Jumpoff: 12.9 mi
- East End: 16.4 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Fort Harry: 8.6 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Swain County War Dead Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 14.7 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 9.4 mi
- Bear: 11.1 mi
- Fish: 14.7 mi
- Selu Statue: 18.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 20.0 mi
- Dolly Parton: 20.0 mi
- Elkmont: 5.3 mi
- Proctor: 9.9 mi
- Judson: 12.3 mi
- Calderwood: 22.0 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 6.9 mi
- Greenbrier: 15.6 mi
- Nantahala National Forest: 24.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Bamboo Forest: 17.7 mi
- Annie Dee Leatherman Smith Memorial Garden: 24.9 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Cold Spring Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwohi | E 101° | 2,025 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mt. Buckley | ESE 102° | 2,004 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Love | E 98° | 1,956 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Collins | E 87° | 1,889 m | 7.6 mi |
| Andrews Bald | ESE 114° | 1,801 m | 7.0 mi |
| Silers Bald | ESE 112° | 1,706 m | 2.6 mi |
| Jenkins Knob | ESE 106° | 1,698 m | 3.7 mi |
| Thunderhead Mountain | W 262° | 1,685 m | 5.6 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 | 17:26 |
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, 9 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/2454915799
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