Prospect Knob
Prospect Knob rises to 373 m in Tennessee. Black Mountain stands 721 m to the south, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirby Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31684687, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 373 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 16.2 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 19 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Whig Cove · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Englewood Mini-Park: 5.8 mi
- Englewood Park: 6.0 mi
- Rotary Park: 6.4 mi
- L&N Depot Park: 6.5 mi
- Firefighter Park: 6.5 mi
- Kirby Knob: 0.4 mi
- Almon Knob: 1.2 mi
- Daugherty Knob: 1.8 mi
- Bascom Irvin Knob: 3.1 mi
- Wilson Knob: 3.4 mi
- Lowry Falls: 11.6 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 11.7 mi
- Bald River Falls: 13.9 mi
- Baby Falls: 13.9 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 15.3 mi
- World War I Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Company A: 6.5 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 6.5 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 7.1 mi
- M60 Tank: 8.6 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 6.4 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 6.5 mi
- The Lost Sea: 12.0 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 19.1 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 19.1 mi
- White Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Ward Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 22.2 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 6.4 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 7.0 mi
- Swift Museum: 8.2 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 11.5 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 19.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 11.4 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 11.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 15.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 15.8 mi
- Parksville Beach: 21.4 mi
- Shady Beach: 23.5 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 16.9 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 22.1 mi
- Cute: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Prospect Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | S 186° | 721 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | SE 145° | 676 m | 7.0 mi |
| Borin Top | SE 146° | 675 m | 7.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | SSW 210° | 630 m | 4.6 mi |
| Locust Mountain | SSW 209° | 620 m | 6.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SSW 212° | 603 m | 7.2 mi |
| Tellico Mountain | ESE 113° | 587 m | 7.3 mi |
| Starr Mountain | SW 218° | 564 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:50 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1640638 — Prospect Knob, McMinn County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356887302
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