Fox Knob
Fox Knob rises to 384 m in Tennessee. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the south-southwest, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Starr Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 7.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31670982, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 384 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 15.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 10 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Whig Cove · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 3.1 mi
- L&N Depot Park: 3.2 mi
- Firefighter Park: 3.3 mi
- Quinn Springs Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Starr Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cog Hill: 2.3 mi
- Gee Knob: 2.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 3.0 mi
- Company A: 3.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- M60 Tank: 8.4 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 3.3 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 3.3 mi
- The Lost Sea: 18.7 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 18.9 mi
- Lowry Falls: 3.8 mi
- Benton Falls: 10.1 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 10.1 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 10.4 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- White Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Ward Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Eads Bluff: 19.2 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 3.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 8.5 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 12.1 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 14.4 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 21.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 7.1 mi
- Parksville Beach: 13.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 15.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 13.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 14.0 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 18.3 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 21.3 mi
- Cute: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Fox Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SSW 197° | 921 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lowry Top | S 186° | 818 m | 4.9 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SE 138° | 768 m | 2.2 mi |
| Brock Mountain | SSE 161° | 758 m | 12.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 67° | 721 m | 6.1 mi |
| Buck Bald | ESE 114° | 710 m | 12.5 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | SSW 193° | 700 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | E 89° | 676 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328222 — Fox Knob, McMinn County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884796
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