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Hackle Knob

Hackle Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Hackle Knob rises to 612 m in Tennessee. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31672900, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
612 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.42551, -84.31235

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 37
  • Asbury Park: 9.5 mi
  • Cove Lake State: 9.8 mi
  • Flat Creek Park: 10.7 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 11.6 mi
  • Winfield City Park: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Historic sites: 19
  • Civil War: 14.5 mi
  • Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 16.4 mi
  • Fort Anderson: 16.7 mi
  • Ghosts of Convict Miners: 16.7 mi
  • American Chestnuts: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Winona General Store: 8.2 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.4 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 18.6 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 19.5 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 24.4 mi
Museums: 8
  • Campbell County Historical: 11.1 mi
  • Museum of Scott County: 12.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Lenoir Museum: 19.8 mi
  • Norris Museum: 20.8 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Split Bow Arch: 18.3 mi
  • Diocese Arch: 19.5 mi
  • Hole In Rock Arch: 20.1 mi
  • Coal Branch Natural Arch: 22.5 mi
  • Koger Arch: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Angel Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Debord Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.0 mi
  • Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Koger Spring: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Hackle Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hurricane MountainSSE 168°1,007 m10.3 mi
Hatmaker KnobS 170°976 m9.8 mi
Ash Log MountainS 177°975 m10.8 mi
Grissel KnobSSE 166°973 m9.5 mi
Huckaby KnobSSE 159°953 m6.3 mi
Massengale MountainS 178°936 m9.2 mi
Pine BaldSSE 163°935 m8.2 mi
Miller MountainS 174°923 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2020:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556572757468574639
Precip in4.65.05.25.14.85.05.83.83.62.83.85.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1286476 — Hackle Knob, Campbell County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356807437

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