Potter Knob
Potter Knob rises to 428 m in Tennessee. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Knob, a peak 0.8 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 3.9 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31684411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 428 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mountain Lake Park: 3.6 mi
- Willow Creek Park: 4.0 mi
- Gibbs Community Park: 4.4 mi
- Halls Greenway Park: 5.0 mi
- Clayton Park: 5.1 mi
- Mitchell Knob: 0.8 mi
- Brushy Knob: 2.4 mi
- Miller Knobs: 5.8 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 8.2 mi
- High Point: 9.0 mi
- Josie Fine Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Loyston: 7.7 mi
- St. Mary's Hospital: 11.2 mi
- Christian-Newsom Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Agee: 11.5 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 7.9 mi
- Norris Museum: 8.2 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 8.8 mi
- Roy Acuff Union Museum & Library: 9.7 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 11.1 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 1.9 mi
- River Ridge: 10.4 mi
- Kitts Point: 11.4 mi
- Signal Point: 11.7 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 10.0 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 14.1 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 15.1 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 12.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.7 mi
- Grow Lab: 13.9 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 14.2 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 10.0 mi
- Aspire: 11.6 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 12.9 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 14.3 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 10.0 mi
- Strong rock spring: 15.5 mi
- Herron Spring: 22.6 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 12.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 13.9 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 14.1 mi
- Loyston: 7.7 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 17.0 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potter Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | W 280° | 1,075 m | 16.9 mi |
| Cross Mountain | W 280° | 1,075 m | 16.9 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | W 276° | 1,027 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | W 269° | 993 m | 18.9 mi |
| Julians Rock | W 269° | 946 m | 19.0 mi |
| Vowell Mountain | WNW 286° | 813 m | 15.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 265° | 801 m | 19.3 mi |
| Joppa Mountain | ENE 67° | 745 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:46 | 17:25 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298358 — Potter Knob, Knox County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356828172
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