Grandfather Knob
Grandfather Knob rises to 363 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Casons Knobs, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Wilson County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31671944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 363 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Casons Knobs: 1.5 mi
- Halls Knob: 2.8 mi
- Mason Knob: 3.2 mi
- Rucker Knob: 3.4 mi
- Vaughters Knob: 3.8 mi
- Lascassas Ball Park: 4.0 mi
- Richard Siegel Park: 8.1 mi
- Mona Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon State Park: 9.5 mi
- McKnight Park: 9.6 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 9.8 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 10.3 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 11.1 mi
- Artillery Monument: 11.3 mi
- Hazen's Brigade Monument: 11.8 mi
- Gin Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Mason Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 23.4 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 8.4 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 12.1 mi
- Discovery Center: 12.3 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 13.2 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 15.3 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 11.2 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 13.3 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 13.4 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 22.4 mi
- Visitor Center: 22.9 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 10.3 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 7.6 mi
- State Street Garden: 11.9 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 10.9 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 11.2 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 18.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 11.3 mi
- Big Spring: 18.8 mi
- Hopewell: 19.5 mi
- Maney Spring: 11.2 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Grandfather Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | ESE 117° | 635 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mason Mountain | ESE 115° | 533 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | ESE 120° | 446 m | 16.5 mi |
| Gowen Knob | S 177° | 399 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Defiance | NE 43° | 398 m | 8.4 mi |
| Fisher Knob | E 88° | 383 m | 7.5 mi |
| Turney Knob | E 89° | 379 m | 7.1 mi |
| Prater Hill | S 175° | 378 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
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 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 5 N, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356805947
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