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Cruickshank Knob

Cruickshank Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.32594, -82.54682

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Cliffs: 31
Historic sites: 24
Waterfalls: 19
  • 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
Attractions: 6
  • 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 areas: 4
  • 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
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pinnacle MountainSE 127°1,074 m12.4 mi
Buffalo MountainSE 127°1,048 m12.4 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 111°1,005 m11.6 mi
White RockESE 108°980 m12.3 mi
FlattopS 181°953 m13.6 mi
FlattopS 181°950 m13.6 mi
ChimneytopWNW 303°945 m10.6 mi
Cherokee MountainESE 117°931 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:42
June solstice06:1420:1420:52
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3916:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673777670584740
Precip in3.94.04.14.03.83.75.03.83.02.43.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356797191

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