Grandfather Knob
Grandfather Knob rises to 617 m in Tennessee. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Oak Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31671927, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 617 m
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 26.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 28.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Oak Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Big Oak Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Observation Knob: 2.5 mi
- Delaney Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Rich Knob: 4.0 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 1.5 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 1.9 mi
- Observation Park: 2.7 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Tower: 6.9 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 7.3 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Cobra: 8.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 13.4 mi
- Bee Cliff: 13.9 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Moody Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 7.5 mi
- Abrams Falls: 15.1 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 17.8 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 19.0 mi
- Laurel Falls: 19.0 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 4.2 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 15.3 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 15.5 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 15.6 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 8.6 mi
- William King Museum: 12.2 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 12.3 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 12.4 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 14.3 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 12.3 mi
- Trials Playground: 12.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 16.9 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 18.4 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 18.0 mi
- Cave Spring: 18.2 mi
- Hampton Spring: 19.1 mi
- Brig Spring: 19.2 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 21.9 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.2 mi
- Heartwood: 11.1 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 15.8 mi
- Junaluska: 23.9 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 11.3 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 23.6 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Grandfather Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ESE 121° | 1,295 m | 4.0 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 106° | 1,282 m | 9.3 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,264 m | 5.9 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSW 197° | 1,261 m | 5.9 mi |
| Forge Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,249 m | 16.4 mi |
| Locust Knob | ESE 117° | 1,223 m | 4.2 mi |
| McQueen Knob | ENE 72° | 1,177 m | 7.3 mi |
| Doe Mountain | SE 128° | 1,163 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328297 — Grandfather Knob, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356884893
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 9 mi
- Elizabethton · 18 mi
- Johnson City · 23 mi
- Kingsport · 28 mi
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