Locust Knob
Locust Knob rises to 311 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cub Knob, a peak 2.3 miles away. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31678538, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 311 m
How to reach it
138 named places within 25 miles
- Cub Knob: 2.3 mi
- Blue Knob: 3.9 mi
- Belle Hill: 3.9 mi
- Battery Knob: 4.1 mi
- Saltpeter Hill: 4.8 mi
- Rome Access Area: 3.6 mi
- Cordell Hull Overlook: 5.5 mi
- Turney Ford Field: 6.4 mi
- Defeated Creek Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Trousdale County Park: 10.7 mi
- Upton Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Petty Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Alex Bluff: 10.6 mi
- The Eads Museum: 3.2 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 3.6 mi
- Granville Museum: 12.2 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 15.4 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 16.5 mi
- Big Spring: 9.2 mi
- Spring Creek: 14.2 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 14.2 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 24.8 mi
- Spring Shelter: 6.4 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 13.1 mi
- General Hatton: 15.7 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 20.4 mi
- Cummins Falls: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SW 217° | 398 m | 14.0 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSW 201° | 383 m | 18.4 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSW 202° | 379 m | 18.6 mi |
| Round Top Knob | S 189° | 364 m | 14.9 mi |
| Hawkins Hill | S 186° | 363 m | 20.3 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | SW 219° | 363 m | 22.4 mi |
| Fodderstack Knob | SSW 195° | 362 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 198° | 359 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:54 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1291795 — Locust Knob, Smith County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356817339
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