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. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 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
- 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
- The Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.3 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Baker Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 10.5 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 25 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 | ESE 111° | 1,005 m | 11.6 mi |
| White Rock | ESE 108° | 980 m | 12.3 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 |
| Chimneytop Mountain | WNW 303° | 926 m | 10.6 mi |
| Embreeville Mountain | S 170° | 850 m | 11.9 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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