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Cold Water Knob

Cold Water Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Water Knob rises to 1,220 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the southeast, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Spence Field, a peak 1.6 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q31667450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1219.73 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.58598, -83.73816

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Crooked Arm Cascades: 2.8 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Spruce Flats Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 4.8 mi
  • Lynn Camp Falls: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • Tuckaleechee Caverns: 5.4 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 6.6 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 8.1 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 12.3 mi
  • Ober Mountain Coaster: 12.9 mi
Parks
  • Mynatt Park: 14.9 mi
  • Amerine Park: 16.1 mi
  • Maryville College Woods: 16.7 mi
  • Wear Farm City Park: 16.7 mi
  • Pistol Creek Wetlands Center: 16.8 mi
Museums: 22
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 15
Picnic sites: 10
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 2.3 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Bear: 15.9 mi
  • Fish: 17.3 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 17.5 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 21.7 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Vista Gardens: 15.7 mi
  • Bamboo Forest: 24.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Cold Water Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thunderhead MountainSE 124°1,685.16 m2.2 mi
Rocky TopSE 138°1,657.32 m2.0 mi
Blockhouse MountainSSE 148°1,650.92 m2.9 mi
Cold Spring KnobE 93°1,595.73 m7.3 mi
Brier KnobESE 108°1,591.05 m3.5 mi
Devils Race PatchSE 134°1,564.85 m2.7 mi
De Armond BaldSSE 159°1,554.75 m3.0 mi
Mt. SquiresS 186°1,540.46 m1.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2419:0019:33
December solstice07:4116:4717:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047566269727166564640
Precip in5.64.95.35.25.15.56.14.44.93.34.45.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 3 mi away.

In the park

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).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1280907 — Cold Water Knob, Blount County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356795338

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