Gort Knob
Gort Knob rises to 774 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Knob, a peak 1.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31671808, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 774 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Knob: 1.4 mi
- Lee Knob: 2.5 mi
- Blalock Knob: 3.4 mi
- Cross Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Worthington Knob: 3.7 mi
- Natures Park: 8.4 mi
- Holloway Park: 8.7 mi
- Spring City Park: 8.9 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 9.5 mi
- Cold Springs Community Park: 9.6 mi
- Keaton Falls: 2.5 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls 60: 4.4 mi
- White Pine Cascades 28: 4.8 mi
- Deep Pool Cascades 8: 5.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 5.4 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 4.3 mi
- Spider Den Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Brady Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Negro Jumpoff: 13.8 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 1.9 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 3.4 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls State Natural Area: 4.2 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 4.7 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 5.2 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Troop 45: 15.0 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 16.0 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 16.0 mi
- Blythe Ferry: 21.9 mi
- Dripping Spring: 8.8 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 9.9 mi
- Moulton Spring: 10.5 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 11.7 mi
- Holloway Spring: 17.6 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 8.4 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 15.3 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 15.3 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 16.0 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 18.4 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 8.4 mi
- Roadside Table: 9.2 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- George's Hole: 19.7 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 24.8 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 4.6 mi
- George's Hole: 19.6 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 20.1 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- Sam: 9.4 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 10.0 mi
- Cute: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Gort Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | NNE 21° | 931 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dorton Knob | NNE 15° | 910 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NNE 25° | 893 m | 5.5 mi |
| Brady Mountain | NNE 15° | 893 m | 7.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 32° | 862 m | 11.6 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NNE 33° | 824 m | 15.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | NE 36° | 811 m | 17.6 mi |
| Ellis Mountain | NE 36° | 796 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| 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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1311056 — Gort Knob, Bledsoe County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356851146
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