Cruickshank Knob
Cruickshank Knob rises to 565 m in Tennessee. Pinnacle Mountain stands 1,074 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 19 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31668300, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 565 m
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 25.6 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 26.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 28 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 28 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller Knob: 2.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 3.2 mi
- Greene Hill: 4.9 mi
- Pence Hill: 6.0 mi
- Old Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Golden Oak Park: 3.1 mi
- Persimmons Ridge Park: 3.6 mi
- W.C. Rowe Park: 4.6 mi
- Jimmy Neil Smith Park: 4.6 mi
- Depot Street Park: 4.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.3 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Baker Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Carillion: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 10.1 mi
- Massengill Monument: 11.3 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 12.1 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 13.2 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 14.0 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 14.2 mi
- Josiah Falls: 14.6 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 15.2 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 4.6 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 4.7 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 4.9 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 5.0 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 10.8 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 10.9 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 12.9 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 17.7 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 21.1 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 12.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 14.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 25.0 mi
- Junaluska: 9.0 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 12.4 mi
- Lost Cove: 19.4 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.0 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 23.4 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Cruickshank Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SE 127° | 1,074 m | 12.4 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SE 127° | 1,048 m | 12.4 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,005 m | 11.6 mi |
| White Rock | ESE 108° | 980 m | 12.3 mi |
| Flattop | S 181° | 953 m | 13.6 mi |
| Flattop | S 181° | 950 m | 13.6 mi |
| Chimneytop | WNW 303° | 945 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cherokee Mountain | ESE 117° | 931 m | 10.7 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 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356797191
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 11 mi
- Kingsport · 14 mi
- Elizabethton · 17 mi
- Bristol · 27 mi
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