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
- 1177 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
- Little Pine Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Wheeler Spur: 1.6 mi
- Swanagan Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Observation Park: 6.6 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 7.7 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 5.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 8.3 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 8.9 mi
- AT2020: 8.9 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 9.0 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
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 19.7 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 20.5 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.3 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 22.0 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
- 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 |
| Pine Mountain | SE 131° | 1,323 m | 14.6 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 |
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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