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Kill Buck Knob

Kill Buck Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Kill Buck Knob rises to 257 m in Tennessee. Pilot Knob stands 357 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Green area, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 278 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31676438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
257 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.39116, -86.53999

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Green area: 0.3 mi
  • Green area: 0.5 mi
  • Green area: 0.5 mi
  • Station Camp Greenway: 2.0 mi
  • Nat Caldwell Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 47
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 23
Artworks: 18
Attractions: 17
Cliffs: 10
Nature reserves: 7
Gardens: 4
  • outdoor seating: 8.6 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 22.6 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 5.2 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 17.0 mi
  • Franklin Welcome Center: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kill Buck Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pilot KnobSE 144°357 m23.6 mi
Jennings KnobSE 133°353 m24.7 mi
Egypt HillSE 145°350 m23.0 mi
Spanish Needle KnobESE 107°331 m23.4 mi
Gravely HillENE 71°325 m18.8 mi
Wolf HillENE 73°324 m17.6 mi
Millstone KnobE 82°319 m21.6 mi
Sandstone KnobE 83°317 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:2919:3020:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5515:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586774797771604840
Precip in4.24.54.95.35.74.34.84.03.93.84.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White House, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356814430

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