Gowen Knob
Gowen Knob rises to 399 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Prater Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31671894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 399 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Prater Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.1 mi
- Peaks Hill: 5.0 mi
- Dickens Hill: 5.4 mi
- Weber Hill: 6.3 mi
- Rogers Park: 8.0 mi
- MTSU Campus Seal: 9.3 mi
- Barfield Crescent Park: 9.4 mi
- The Uranidrome Obesrvatory: 9.5 mi
- Barfield Crescent Disc Golf: 9.5 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 8.6 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 9.9 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 11.6 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 11.6 mi
- Mason Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 18.8 mi
- Smoot Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Discovery Center: 9.9 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 10.2 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 16.1 mi
- Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 20.0 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 21.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 19.0 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 20.5 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 23.3 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 23.4 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 24.0 mi
- Maney Spring: 10.6 mi
- Natural Spring House: 24.1 mi
- Short Spring: 24.2 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 12.5 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 14.1 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 21.1 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 19.5 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 9.6 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 9.8 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.6 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 23.5 mi
- Hopewell: 4.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Gowen Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | ENE 62° | 635 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | ENE 59° | 446 m | 15.6 mi |
| Locust Knob | SSW 202° | 412 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hickory Hill | SW 229° | 405 m | 9.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 200° | 396 m | 4.1 mi |
| Gilly Hill | SE 129° | 386 m | 7.4 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | SW 228° | 386 m | 10.3 mi |
| Flat Mountain | SE 132° | 385 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodbury 1 WNW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1285765 — Gowen Knob, Rutherford County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356805761
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