Horsehead Knob
Horsehead Knob rises to 288 m in Tennessee. Alpine Mountain stands 574 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. Cordell Hull Highway passes 9.9 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31674656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 288 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
- 9.2 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
132 named places within 25 miles
- Roaring River Recreational Area: 6.9 mi
- Gainsboro Town Park: 8.3 mi
- Roaring River State Scenic River: 9.6 mi
- Donaldson Park Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
- Mill Hill: 2.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.2 mi
- Chimney Knob: 5.5 mi
- Columbus Hill: 6.3 mi
- Blue Ash Cut Hill: 6.4 mi
- Seven Sisters Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Wpa Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Knob Creek Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Clay County Museum: 9.3 mi
- Monroe County Historical Society Museum: 15.8 mi
- Granville Museum: 16.3 mi
- Overton County Museum: 19.0 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 22.1 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 12.0 mi
- Savannah Falls: 14.1 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 14.2 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 15.5 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 15.6 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 19.1 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 22.1 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 22.1 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 22.5 mi
- Spring Shelter: 19.9 mi
- Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 23.6 mi
- Star Point Marina: 23.6 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horsehead Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Mountain | ESE 108° | 574 m | 24.4 mi |
| Gullet Mountain | ESE 110° | 566 m | 22.9 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ESE 122° | 565 m | 24.8 mi |
| Jones Mountain | SE 146° | 524 m | 24.1 mi |
| Miller Mountain | ESE 101° | 502 m | 17.6 mi |
| Oak Grove Mountain | ESE 107° | 491 m | 22.7 mi |
| Reynolds Mountain | E 100° | 489 m | 16.6 mi |
| Goodpasture Mountain | E 100° | 453 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:26 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesboro, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1288418 — Horsehead Knob, Jackson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356811871
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