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Red Knobs

Red Knobs, seen from above at true elevation

Red Knobs rises to 355 m in Tennessee. Salt Spring Mountain stands 953 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Knob, a peak 1.5 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31685320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
355 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.69091, -84.19019

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 16
  • Greenback Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 8.1 mi
  • Carmichael Inn Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Abrams Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Aiken Branch Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Bear Creek Falls: 22.6 mi
Springs: 9
  • Poplar Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Herron Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Greenback Castle: 5.0 mi
  • Caboose: 9.0 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 13.1 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 17.3 mi
  • Tree of Shame: 21.7 mi
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 4
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 11.5 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 24.2 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Artworks: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Red Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salt Spring MountainSSE 154°953 m17.4 mi
Mount LanierESE 121°948 m18.0 mi
Bunker HillSE 127°843.265 m18.0 mi
Look RockESE 106°810.463 m14.5 mi
Ellis ButtE 97°738 m16.6 mi
Stiffknee TopSSE 148°732 m18.7 mi
Haw Knob Number OneSE 145°721 m18.2 mi
Tallasee MountainSE 144°650 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2220:1920:57
September equinox07:2519:0219:35
December solstice07:4416:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775797872604942
Precip in5.05.25.15.24.34.25.13.84.23.04.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356829300

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