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High Knob

High Knob, seen from above at true elevation

High Knob rises to 938 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31673836, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
938 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.20730, -84.50466

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 27
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 12
  • Museum of Scott County: 13.9 mi
  • Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 14.4 mi
  • Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 18.2 mi
  • The Oak Ridge History Museum: 19.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Miners Museum: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Abandoned Train: 7.9 mi
  • Train Cars: 9.4 mi
  • Winona General Store: 12.1 mi
  • Aspire: 22.7 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 23.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Angel Falls: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 18.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of High Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackSE 144°1,013 m8.5 mi
Stallion MountainSE 140°1,007 m5.3 mi
Squire KnobSE 146°1,002 m4.8 mi
Frozen HeadSSE 156°1,001 m6.4 mi
Burge MountainESE 108°993 m6.1 mi
Walnut KnobSE 127°988 m4.1 mi
Bald KnobSE 146°985 m4.2 mi
Guinea Hill KnobSE 130°977 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:50
June solstice06:2220:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4616:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1287697 — High Knob, Morgan County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356810865

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