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Johnson Knob

Johnson Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Johnson Knob rises to 309 m in Tennessee. Bald Mountain stands 1,222 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31676002, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
309 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.00369, -84.90911

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • 2011 Tornado Victims Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Dollhouse: 8.7 mi
  • Brotherton Mill: 9.1 mi
  • Veteran's Park Helicopter: 9.9 mi
  • Veteran's Park Fighterjet: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 32
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Cliffs: 15
  • Goliath Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Rocky Face: 13.6 mi
  • Rocky Face: 13.8 mi
  • Rocky Face: 14.2 mi
  • Harrison Bluff: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 19.2 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 19.7 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 19.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 19.8 mi
  • Rock Creek Falls: 19.9 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.7 mi
  • BSUMC Giving Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 16.0 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 16.1 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area #2: 13.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.4 mi
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 22.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Johnson Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainESE 121°1,222 m18.6 mi
Little Bald MountainESE 123°1,126 m18.3 mi
Grassy MountainSE 126°1,125 m16.7 mi
Buckeye MountainESE 106°1,074 m19.1 mi
Fort MountainSE 143°868 m19.0 mi
Bearpen HillE 87°791 m20.0 mi
Chestnut MountainE 91°748 m19.6 mi
Hogback MountainENE 79°649 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:52
June solstice06:2720:2020:58
September equinox07:2819:0519:38
December solstice07:4516:5317:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414553606876797973625144

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalton, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1289639 — Johnson Knob, Bradley County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356813414

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