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Locust Knob

Locust Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Locust Knob rises to 968 m in Tennessee. Whitetop Mountain stands 1,684 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Boiling Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31678504, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
968 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.57901, -81.73178

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 41
Historic sites: 10
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 4.2 mi
  • AT2020: 4.2 mi
  • Wheel of Freedom: 4.9 mi
  • Another Way (ShortCut): 6.3 mi
  • Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Whitetop Laurel Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Bluff Mountain Falls: 16.1 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Trials Playground: 10.9 mi
  • Potters Truck Stop: 14.4 mi
  • Elk Knob Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Boiling Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Cave Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Brig Spring: 2.7 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Newman Basket Company: 5.0 mi
  • Heartwood: 17.1 mi
  • Wooly: 20.9 mi
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Locust Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitetop MountainENE 59°1,684 m8.1 mi
Buzzard RockENE 59°1,553 m7.5 mi
Beech MountainNE 56°1,513 m7.1 mi
Pond MountainE 94°1,511 m4.4 mi
Bluff MountainENE 69°1,480 m9.0 mi
Balsam MountainENE 61°1,403 m9.7 mi
Pond MountainE 85°1,354 m3.6 mi
Grave MountainNE 45°1,331 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1020:1120:49
September equinox07:1518:5119:26
December solstice07:3616:3517:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744536168717065554538
Precip in3.73.44.14.35.14.55.04.23.32.82.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1328760 — Locust Knob, Johnson County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356885380

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