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Jackson Knob

Jackson Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Jackson Knob rises to 487 m in Tennessee. Phils View stands 1,186 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31675483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
487 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.82814, -83.65906

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
  • Wear Farm City Park: 4.6 mi
  • Paine Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 5.8 mi
  • Patriot Park: 6.6 mi
  • Oak Haven Park: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 36
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Meigs Creek Cascade: 11.6 mi
  • Mannis Branch Falls: 11.7 mi
Museums: 25
  • Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 3.7 mi
  • Cooter's Place: 4.9 mi
  • Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Floyd Garett's Muscle Car Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Sevier County Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 10
Artworks: 8
  • Veterans Statue: 5.9 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 5.9 mi
  • Fish: 6.3 mi
  • Bear: 11.6 mi
  • Alex Haley Statue: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 13.4 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 17.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Jackson Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phils ViewSSE 155°1,185.75 m10.1 mi
Cove MountainSSE 154°1,061 m9.2 mi
Round TopS 181°936.479 m9.5 mi
Green TopSSW 200°921 m1.2 mi
Bluff MountainSW 220°899 m2.1 mi
Little DoubleSW 223°851 m3.0 mi
Raven DenSSE 149°823 m7.6 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 203°815 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:1920:1720:55
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4216:4617:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775787872604841
Precip in4.44.34.74.33.94.34.63.43.62.93.64.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356812923

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