Peak · Tennessee
Narrows Knob
Narrows Knob rises to 909 m in Tennessee. Snake Mountain stands 1,697 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Run Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681185, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 909 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.34234, -81.91123
- 10.3 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 17.2 mi off the Little Parkway
- 17.3 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Storyteller Rock · 17 mi
- Watauga View · 17 mi
- Calloway Peak · 17 mi
- Top Crag View · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lower Gorge River Access: 5.3 mi
- Doe Mountain Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Watauga Gorge River Access: 7.0 mi
- Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 9.1 mi
Peaks
- Dry Run Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Big Hill: 2.1 mi
- Little Dry Run Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Pine Knob: 3.6 mi
- Sink Mountain: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 46
- Laurel Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Buckeye Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Mountaineer Falls: 9.4 mi
- She Falls Falls: 9.5 mi
- Splash Dam Falls: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 26
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 4.4 mi
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 6.0 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 8.3 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 11.1 mi
- Watauga County Veterans Memorial: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 26
- Mountain Magic Resort: 5.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 11.8 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 14.9 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 15.0 mi
- Fun 'N' Wheels: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Hayes Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Bee Cliff: 12.6 mi
- White Pine Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Pardee Point: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 17
- Hellbenders: 15.2 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 15.3 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 15.3 mi
- Time and Honor: 15.3 mi
- Hephaestus: 15.4 mi
Museums: 14
- Welcome Center and Museum: 10.5 mi
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 10.9 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 16.0 mi
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum: 16.3 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 9
- Potters Truck Stop: 5.1 mi
- Trials Playground: 8.3 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Julian Price Memorial Park Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 11.8 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 14.9 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 15.1 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 7
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 15.0 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 15.2 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 15.3 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 15.5 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 15.7 mi
Springs: 6
- Hampton Spring: 15.2 mi
- Shanty Springs: 16.8 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 17.3 mi
- Boiling Spring: 19.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.0 mi
Beaches: 1
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 17.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Narrows Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snake Mountain | E 94° | 1,697 m | 11.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | S 171° | 1,663 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pinnacles of the Beech | S 171° | 1,652 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rich Mountain | E 101° | 1,633 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Bald | E 82° | 1,420 m | 5.8 mi |
| Grassy Knob | ESE 120° | 1,403 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ellison Mountain | E 101° | 1,355 m | 10.2 mi |
| Buckeye Knob | ESE 105° | 1,333 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1295240 — Narrows Knob, Johnson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356822987
Day trips start here
- Elizabethton · 18 mi
- Bristol · 23 mi
- Johnson City · 25 mi
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