Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 453 m in Tennessee. High Knob stands 938 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Massengale Homestead Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31684328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 453 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Lyons Knob: 5.8 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Galloway Knob: 6.4 mi
- Grassy Knob: 6.5 mi
- Red Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Sheep Rock: 1.8 mi
- Briar Point: 5.6 mi
- White Oak Overlook: 6.8 mi
- Laurel Fork Overlook: 7.5 mi
- Robbins Park: 7.0 mi
- Robbins park: 7.0 mi
- Summers Park: 7.6 mi
- Needles Eye: 8.2 mi
- Colditz Cove State Natural Area: 9.0 mi
- Tackett Homesite & Graves: 13.6 mi
- Twin Arch South: 14.1 mi
- Twin Arches: 14.1 mi
- Twin Arch North: 14.1 mi
- Rock Hole: 14.1 mi
- Diocese Arch: 8.2 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 18.6 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 18.9 mi
- Etta's Arch: 19.4 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 19.5 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 11.0 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 13.8 mi
- Old Jail: 13.8 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 16.4 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 19.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 11.3 mi
- Debord Falls: 18.9 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 18.9 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 23.7 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 1.8 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 15.9 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 23.6 mi
- Montgomery: 16.4 mi
- Fork Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 1.2 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SE 128° | 938 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sandy Gap Mountan | SE 126° | 929 m | 16.4 mi |
| England Mountain | SE 139° | 921 m | 17.4 mi |
| Signal Mountain | ESE 106° | 887 m | 14.0 mi |
| Gibson Knob | ESE 108° | 887 m | 15.7 mi |
| Landrom Mountain | SE 138° | 884 m | 12.8 mi |
| Justice Mountain | SE 131° | 877 m | 15.3 mi |
| Young Mountain | SE 133° | 872 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:22 | 21:01 |
| 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 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Allardt, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298339 — Potato Knob, Morgan County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356828141
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