Observation Knob
Observation Knob rises to 613 m in Tennessee. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the southeast, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Observation Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31681691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 613 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 27.2 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 28.7 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Observation Park: 0.2 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 2.4 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 4.0 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Grandfather Knob: 2.5 mi
- Taylor Knob: 2.5 mi
- Mock Knob: 2.8 mi
- Little Oak Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Delaney Mountain: 4.2 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 5.6 mi
- Memorial Tower: 6.6 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Cobra: 8.1 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 9.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 12.5 mi
- Bee Cliff: 16.3 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Christy Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 18.1 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 10.0 mi
- Abrams Falls: 14.0 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 16.6 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 18.6 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 4.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 12.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 14.3 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 14.7 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 16.2 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 8.1 mi
- William King Museum: 9.8 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 9.8 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 14.9 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- The Channels Natural Area Preserve: 20.7 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 21.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 23.9 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 23.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 13.9 mi
- Trials Playground: 14.0 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 16.0 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 19.4 mi
- Boiling Spring: 17.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 17.5 mi
- Brig Spring: 18.3 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.5 mi
- Heartwood: 8.7 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 14.5 mi
- Courthouse Common Soldier, 1914: 22.7 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 8.9 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 24.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Observation Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | SE 146° | 1,295 m | 5.5 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | ESE 120° | 1,282 m | 9.9 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,264 m | 8.4 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SSW 195° | 1,261 m | 8.4 mi |
| Forge Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,249 m | 16.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | SE 142° | 1,223 m | 5.5 mi |
| McQueen Knob | E 91° | 1,177 m | 6.6 mi |
| Doe Mountain | SE 137° | 1,163 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 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 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885605
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 8 mi
- Elizabethton · 20 mi
- Johnson City · 25 mi
- Kingsport · 29 mi
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