McQueen Knob
McQueen Knob rises to 1,177 m in Tennessee. Pond Mountain stands 1,354 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Pine Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31680158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,177 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 26.9 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 28.8 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Observation Park: 6.6 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 8.5 mi
- Little Pine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wheeler Spur: 1.6 mi
- Swanagan Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Harp Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 5.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 8.3 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 9.0 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 9.1 mi
- Veteran's of all Service Branches: 9.6 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 10.5 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 12.4 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 12.8 mi
- Abrams Falls: 20.0 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 8.4 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 8.6 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 11.2 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 18.7 mi
- Mountain Magic Resort: 20.3 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 9.7 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 10.0 mi
- William King Museum: 10.1 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 14.6 mi
- Backbone Rock: 6.1 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Bee Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 20.3 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Trials Playground: 9.6 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 11.1 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 18.6 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 21.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 8.5 mi
- Heartwood: 9.7 mi
- Wooly: 23.0 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 24.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 10.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 11.0 mi
- Brig Spring: 11.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 24.4 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 23.2 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 9.8 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 18.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 17.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of McQueen Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Mountain | E 87° | 1,354 m | 14.1 mi |
| Leander Mountain | SE 128° | 1,321 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 110° | 1,318 m | 11.8 mi |
| Winnie Knob | E 99° | 1,311 m | 12.2 mi |
| Rich Knob | SW 218° | 1,295 m | 5.6 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | SSE 158° | 1,282 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cut Laurel Knob | ESE 101° | 1,270 m | 12.5 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SW 228° | 1,264 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:36 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1293461 — McQueen Knob, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356819775
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 15 mi
- Elizabethton · 24 mi
- Johnson City · 30 mi
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