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Cub Knob

Cub Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Cub Knob rises to 336 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.

Wikidata Q31668338, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
336 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.22700, -86.05138

147 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
Parks: 53
Museums: 11
  • The Eads Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Lebanon Museum and History Center: 14.3 mi
  • Granville Museum: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 15.5 mi
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 14.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cub Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSSW398 m12.2 mi
Fisher KnobSSW383 m17.0 mi
Turney KnobSSW379 m17.2 mi
Round Top KnobS364 m14.0 mi
Hawkins HillS363 m19.5 mi
Grandfather KnobSW363 m20.5 mi
Fodderstack KnobS362 m18.6 mi
Pilot KnobS359 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2218:56
June solstice05:2819:2720:06
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5215:5416:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787771604941
Precip in4.54.95.04.44.75.05.03.73.43.43.54.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356797224

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