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Cold Spring Knob

Cold Spring Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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
1595.73 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.58001, -83.60831

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Parks: 52
  • 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
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 14
Picnic sites: 11
  • 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
Artworks: 6
  • Bear: 11.1 mi
  • Fish: 14.7 mi
  • Selu Statue: 18.7 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 20.0 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 3
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Cold Spring Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
KuwohiE 101°2,024.79 m6.3 mi
Mt. BuckleyESE 102°2,004.12 m5.9 mi
Mount LoveE 98°1,955.79 m6.5 mi
Mount CollinsE 87°1,888.71 m7.6 mi
Andrews BaldESE 114°1,801.11 m7.0 mi
Silers BaldESE 112°1,706.06 m2.6 mi
Jenkins KnobESE 106°1,697.78 m3.7 mi
Thunderhead MountainW 262°1,685.16 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:46
June solstice06:2020:1620:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2454915799

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