Potts Knob
Potts Knob rises to 617 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pounds, a peak 0.7 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31684428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 617 m
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pounds: 0.7 mi
- Bruce Knob: 1.2 mi
- Chamberlain Knob: 1.4 mi
- Potato Hill: 1.7 mi
- Anderson Knob: 1.8 mi
- Meadow Park Lake: 4.6 mi
- Private Village Green - Residents Only: 5.6 mi
- Cumberland Mountain Retreat: 6.1 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 8.3 mi
- Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 7.4 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 8.0 mi
- Virgin Falls: 9.3 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Keaton Falls: 14.3 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 11.6 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 12.7 mi
- Hinch Mountain Area: 13.3 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 15.2 mi
- Copper Cliff: 8.2 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 11.9 mi
- Brady Bluff: 13.0 mi
- Medley Arch: 16.0 mi
- Indian Head Point Overlook: 17.5 mi
- Military Memorial Museum: 9.4 mi
- Native Stone Museum: 9.5 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 18.7 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 18.9 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 19.2 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 11.1 mi
- Sunset Rock: 12.2 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 17.9 mi
- George's Hole: 17.9 mi
- Dripping Spring: 13.7 mi
- Black Mountain Springhouse: 15.9 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 22.5 mi
- Moulton Spring: 23.1 mi
- George's Hole: 18.0 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Roadside Table: 21.1 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 21.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 14.8 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 21.8 mi
- Troop 45: 24.4 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 5.6 mi
- Sam: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Potts Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | ESE 122° | 931 m | 12.9 mi |
| Dorton Knob | ESE 117° | 910 m | 12.1 mi |
| Brady Mountain | ESE 108° | 893 m | 11.9 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | ESE 115° | 893 m | 13.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 93° | 862 m | 15.6 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | E 83° | 824 m | 17.9 mi |
| Worthington Knob | SSE 152° | 775 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gort Knob | SE 138° | 774 m | 14.2 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1298372 — Potts Knob, Cumberland County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356828214
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