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Lee Knob

Lee Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Lee Knob rises to 525 m in Tennessee. Big Hill stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Willet Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31677091, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
525 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15784, -85.35747

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 3.9 mi
  • Whitaker Park: 5.4 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 5.7 mi
  • Algood Park: 5.9 mi
  • Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 16
  • City Lake Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Cummins Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 14.0 mi
Museums: 9
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Depot Museum: 8.4 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Sunset Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 21.4 mi
  • East Point Marina: 24.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 8.2 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 15.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 9.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Lee Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillESE 118°617 m15.3 mi
Hampton MountainENE 76°616 m6.6 mi
Tyler MountainENE 67°597 m7.2 mi
Blaylock MountainNNE 17°593 m2.6 mi
Green Pond MountainENE 73°592 m10.9 mi
Verble KnobsESE 107°587 m8.3 mi
Copeland MountainENE 64°585 m7.1 mi
Harris MountainNNE 32°582 m8.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:03
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5116:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1290961 — Lee Knob, Putnam County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356816216

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