Dorton Knob
Dorton Knob rises to 910 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the south, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Head of Sequatchie Area, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31669253, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 910 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bear Den Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Hinch Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Brady Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Brown Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Blalock Knob: 3.2 mi
- Cumberland Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 9.6 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 9.7 mi
- Natures Park: 9.8 mi
- Holloway Park: 10.0 mi
- Keaton Falls: 3.3 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls 60: 6.2 mi
- Ray Falls: 7.9 mi
- Pine Branch Falls: 7.9 mi
- Deep Pool Cascades 8: 8.0 mi
- Brady Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 6.1 mi
- Spider Den Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Negro Jumpoff: 10.8 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 0.9 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 1.4 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 2.0 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 4.6 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 5.7 mi
- Dripping Spring: 3.9 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 7.0 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 10.5 mi
- Moulton Spring: 11.0 mi
- Holloway Spring: 17.5 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 10.0 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 10.6 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 10.6 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 16.7 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 21.1 mi
- Roadside Table: 9.0 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 10.0 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 22.0 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- George's Hole: 22.6 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 1.5 mi
- George's Hole: 22.5 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 22.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 24.2 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Troop 45: 12.9 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 21.1 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 21.1 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Sam: 8.8 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 9.9 mi
- Cute: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Dorton Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | S 173° | 931 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | E 89° | 893 m | 1.0 mi |
| Brady Mountain | NNE 17° | 893 m | 2.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 46° | 862 m | 6.8 mi |
| Luper Mountain | NE 45° | 833 m | 15.2 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NE 41° | 824 m | 10.5 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NE 45° | 811 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ellis Mountain | NE 44° | 796 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1306390 — Dorton Knob, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356844763
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