Officer Knob
Officer Knob rises to 566 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bradbury Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31681725, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 566 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bradbury Knob: 0.9 mi
- Potato Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bruce Knob: 2.1 mi
- Chamberlain Knob: 2.2 mi
- Anderson Knob: 2.5 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 5.2 mi
- Obed River Park: 8.4 mi
- Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 8.9 mi
- Centennial Park: 9.1 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 8.5 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 9.2 mi
- Virgin Falls: 10.4 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Keaton Falls: 16.9 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 8.8 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 13.9 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 14.3 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 15.8 mi
- Black Mountain Area: 17.6 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 8.8 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 8.8 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 15.9 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 20.1 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 20.3 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 8.7 mi
- Copper Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Brady Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Medley Arch: 18.0 mi
- Rocky Bar: 20.1 mi
- Sunset Rock: 11.2 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 13.5 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 20.4 mi
- George's Hole: 20.5 mi
- George's Hole: 20.6 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Roadside Table: 23.3 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 24.2 mi
- Dripping Spring: 15.1 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 16.9 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 24.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 13.4 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Sam: 23.0 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 24.9 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 24.2 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 24.2 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 24.7 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 24.9 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 8.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Officer Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | SE 132° | 931 m | 15.2 mi |
| Dorton Knob | SE 128° | 910 m | 14.3 mi |
| Brady Mountain | ESE 121° | 893 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | SE 126° | 893 m | 15.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 104° | 862 m | 16.6 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | E 93° | 824 m | 18.2 mi |
| Worthington Knob | SSE 156° | 775 m | 18.1 mi |
| Gort Knob | SE 144° | 774 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1296247 — Officer Knob, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356825052
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