Poore Knob
Poore Knob rises to 364 m in Tennessee. Wright Mountain stands 541 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hildreth Knob, a peak 2.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31684006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 364 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hildreth Knob: 2.4 mi
- Huddleston Knob: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Knob: 3.0 mi
- Golman Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Regan Knob: 3.8 mi
- Stephens Point: 5.5 mi
- Little Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Round Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Long Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Car Hauler Bridge: 8.5 mi
- Cordell Hull: 5.2 mi
- Obey River Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Cove Creek Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 7.7 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park: 7.9 mi
- Sunset Marina: 5.3 mi
- launch site for kayak: 5.4 mi
- good landing beach: 6.1 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 6.5 mi
- Eagle Cove Marina: 8.1 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 7.8 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 13.9 mi
- Old Jail: 13.9 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 16.4 mi
- Overton County Museum: 19.1 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 18.2 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 22.0 mi
- Etta's Arch: 23.5 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 23.7 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 23.9 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 21.6 mi
- Handcock Falls: 14.2 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 16.7 mi
- Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery Visitor And Environmental Education Center: 20.1 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Poore Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright Mountain | SE 134° | 541 m | 8.5 mi |
| King Mountain | S 188° | 541 m | 12.6 mi |
| Golman Mountain | E 86° | 536 m | 3.8 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | SSE 149° | 535 m | 9.1 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | SE 142° | 533 m | 11.4 mi |
| Sewell Mountain | N 355° | 532 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | ENE 58° | 530 m | 12.9 mi |
| Double Top Mountain | S 172° | 527 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:24 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:49 | 16:29 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Byrdstown, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298151 — Poore Knob, Pickett County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356827914
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