Hester Knob
Hester Knob rises to 397 m in Tennessee. Green Top stands 921 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is McBee Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31673586, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 18.9 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 20.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 22 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 26 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 27 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sevier County Park: 3.3 mi
- Oak Haven Park: 3.9 mi
- Thorn Grove Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Paine Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Carter Community Park: 7.9 mi
- Skyland Ranch: 9.6 mi
- Apple Barn and Cider Mill: 10.0 mi
- Ripley's Illusion Lab: 10.2 mi
- WonderWorks: 10.3 mi
- Hatfield & McCoy Dinner Show: 10.4 mi
- McBee Hill: 1.1 mi
- Kerr Knob: 4.5 mi
- Edwards Knob: 4.8 mi
- Roderick Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Cline Knob: 5.8 mi
- Floyd Garett's Muscle Car Museum: 7.0 mi
- Wings Of Wander Mural: 7.3 mi
- Sevier County Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
- Tennessee Museum of Aviation: 8.2 mi
- Cooter's Place: 11.4 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 6.6 mi
- Strawberry Plains Fortification: 9.0 mi
- Netherton Campus Gate: 11.4 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 12.8 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 12.9 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 14.9 mi
- Thousand Drips: 18.9 mi
- Cataract Falls: 19.7 mi
- Baskins Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Laurel Falls: 20.4 mi
- Sheepwalk Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Hanging Rock: 4.2 mi
- East End: 11.5 mi
- The Shinbone: 11.5 mi
- Indian Cave Park: 13.0 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 13.8 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 15.8 mi
- Buffalo Springs State Game Farm: 16.3 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 16.2 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 16.6 mi
- Vista Gardens: 18.7 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 19.6 mi
- Grow Lab: 19.7 mi
- Dolly Parton: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Statue: 7.3 mi
- Fish: 12.8 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 17.8 mi
- Bear: 18.2 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Greenbrier Picnic Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Chimneys Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Strong rock spring: 7.7 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 15.7 mi
- Burnett Spring: 22.9 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 15.3 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 18.2 mi
- Elkmont: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Hester Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | SSW 202° | 921 m | 12.0 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | SSW 205° | 899 m | 12.8 mi |
| Little Double | SSW 207° | 851 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bench Mountain | SSW 205° | 805 m | 13.4 mi |
| Yellow Knob | SSW 207° | 657 m | 14.6 mi |
| Shell Mountain | SE 124° | 634 m | 12.6 mi |
| House Mountain | NW 314° | 629 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 207° | 624 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356810596
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