Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 601 m in Tennessee. Stallion Mountain stands 1,007 m to the southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Richland Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Scott County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31684344, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 601 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Richland Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Griffith Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Freels Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Young Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Grassy Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Summers Park: 6.7 mi
- Robbins Park: 7.2 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 10.1 mi
- Solomon Park and Civic Center: 10.2 mi
- Highschool Park: 11.3 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 11.0 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 22.2 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 22.3 mi
- Convict Lease System: 22.3 mi
- Coal Creek War: 22.3 mi
- Sheep Rock: 8.8 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 10.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Image Wall: 13.0 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 14.6 mi
- Train Cars: 9.4 mi
- Winona General Store: 11.2 mi
- Abandoned Train: 12.4 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 21.8 mi
- Twin Arch South: 22.3 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 11.3 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 18.8 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 22.7 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 23.0 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 23.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 20.9 mi
- Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area: 24.4 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 24.8 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 9.0 mi
- Debord Falls: 9.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.7 mi
- Montgomery: 9.6 mi
- Fork Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Wheat: 24.1 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 10.3 mi
- Massengil Spring: 19.5 mi
- Delozier Spring: 23.5 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 22.0 mi
- Diocese Arch: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stallion Mountain | SE 134° | 1,007 m | 9.8 mi |
| Squire Knob | SE 137° | 1,002 m | 9.2 mi |
| Frozen Head | SE 145° | 1,001 m | 10.6 mi |
| Burge Mountain | ESE 117° | 993 m | 10.5 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SE 127° | 988 m | 8.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 137° | 985 m | 8.6 mi |
| Guinea Hill Knob | SE 129° | 977 m | 9.2 mi |
| High Point | ESE 113° | 966 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:22 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298338 — Potato Knob, Scott County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356828139
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