Grassy Knob
Grassy Knob rises to 468 m in Tennessee. High Knob stands 938 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Graveyard Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31672140, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 468 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Graveyard Hill: 1.8 mi
- Big Knob: 3.0 mi
- Sheep Rock Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Coal Hill Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Potato Knob: 6.5 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 4.6 mi
- Sheep Rock: 5.0 mi
- Needles Eye: 5.4 mi
- White Oak Overlook: 6.1 mi
- Robbins park: 2.9 mi
- Robbins Park: 2.9 mi
- Highschool Park: 4.5 mi
- Needles Eye: 5.4 mi
- Flat Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- Winona General Store: 9.3 mi
- Train Cars: 10.6 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 12.1 mi
- Twin Arch South: 12.6 mi
- Twin Arches: 12.6 mi
- Diocese Arch: 5.1 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 15.5 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 16.1 mi
- Etta's Arch: 16.1 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 17.1 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 4.6 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 16.0 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 18.1 mi
- Old Jail: 18.1 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 22.1 mi
- Angel Falls: 7.7 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 18.6 mi
- Debord Falls: 18.8 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 18.8 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 15.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 17.5 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 19.0 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 5.4 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 5.5 mi
- Koger Spring: 23.8 mi
- Montgomery: 19.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 21.0 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Grassy Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SSE 155° | 938 m | 13.9 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SE 132° | 887 m | 10.8 mi |
| Gibson Knob | SE 131° | 887 m | 12.5 mi |
| Landrom Mountain | SSE 166° | 884 m | 13.3 mi |
| Young Mountain | SSE 165° | 872 m | 11.5 mi |
| Flower Mountain | SSE 149° | 854 m | 13.2 mi |
| Pleas McCartt Mountain | SSE 168° | 849 m | 13.8 mi |
| Knolling Knob | SSE 164° | 834 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:22 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:47 | 17:28 |
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 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1285902 — Grassy Knob, Scott County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356806035
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