Jenkins Knob
Jenkins Knob rises to 665 m in Tennessee. White Rocks Mountain stands 1,295 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carter Knob, a peak 1.0 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 21 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31675740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 665 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 24.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 28.9 mi off the Little Parkway
- 29.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 29 mi
- Watauga View · 29 mi
- Calloway Peak · 30 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- David McQueen Riverside Park: 2.5 mi
- Harmon Park: 2.7 mi
- Edwards Island Park: 2.8 mi
- Cat Island Park: 3.1 mi
- Douglas Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Carter Knob: 1.0 mi
- Lynn Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Vest Knob: 3.1 mi
- Sabine Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bogart Knob: 5.2 mi
- Veteran's Walk of Honor: 2.9 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Watauga Fort: 3.8 mi
- Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga: 3.8 mi
- Watauga Purchase: 3.8 mi
- Moody Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 8.4 mi
- Laurel Falls: 9.2 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 10.8 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 11.4 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 16.8 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 3.9 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 6.9 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 14.4 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 15.7 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 15.9 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 6.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 9.0 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 9.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 9.2 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 9.7 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 7.7 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 18.1 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Trials Playground: 21.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 8.0 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 22.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 24.4 mi
- Junaluska: 10.5 mi
- Heartwood: 24.2 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 7.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 7.7 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jenkins Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rocks Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,295 m | 13.1 mi |
| Holston Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,264 m | 8.9 mi |
| Holston High Knob | ENE 58° | 1,261 m | 8.9 mi |
| Firescald Knob | SE 137° | 1,218 m | 11.1 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | SE 137° | 1,218 m | 11.1 mi |
| Stone Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,129 m | 12.8 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,101 m | 9.7 mi |
| Little Pond Mountain | SE 125° | 1,101 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885185
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 4 mi
- Johnson City · 9 mi
- Bristol · 14 mi
- Kingsport · 21 mi
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