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Jones Knob

Jones Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Jones Knob rises to 543 m in Tennessee. Landrom Mountain stands 884 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Point, a cliff 4.0 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31676088, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
543 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.16313, -84.88634

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 30
Cliffs: 28
  • Long Point: 4.0 mi
  • Image Wall: 11.3 mi
  • Apple Bag Overlook: 12.7 mi
  • Ding Dong Rock: 13.1 mi
  • Jane Bend Overlook: 13.3 mi
Museums: 5
  • Native Stone Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Old Jail: 18.5 mi
  • Old Jail Museum: 18.5 mi
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 21.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Black Mountain Springhouse: 20.4 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Ozone Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Debord Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 23.2 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Diocese Arch: 23.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Jones Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Landrom MountainE 82°884 m18.7 mi
Young MountainENE 76°872 m18.7 mi
Pleas McCartt MountainE 84°849 m18.2 mi
Knolling KnobENE 78°834 m19.0 mi
Luper MountainSSE 159°833 m15.4 mi
Big Rock MountainS 175°824 m17.4 mi
Thorny MountainSSE 166°811 m16.4 mi
Ellis MountainSSE 166°796 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2319:2320:01
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4815:4916:29

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356813845

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