Red Knobs
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
- 21.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 21.7 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 26 mi
- Whig Cove · 27 mi
- Haw Knob · 28 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexander Knob: 1.5 mi
- Lotterdale Knob: 2.1 mi
- Chapel HIll: 2.7 mi
- Big Hill: 3.4 mi
- High Top: 4.5 mi
- Lotterdale Cove Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Foothills Pointe Park: 3.6 mi
- Morganton Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Clear Creek Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Morganton: 3.9 mi
- McGhee: 5.6 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 6.6 mi
- Lenoir Cotton Mill: 8.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 9.9 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Mizell Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Blair Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Morton Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 12.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Cheeyo Park: 5.7 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 22.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 22.5 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 22.5 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 22.5 mi
- Poplar Spring: 6.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hardin Spring: 8.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 13.8 mi
- Huffine Spring: 18.4 mi
- 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
- Sam Houston Statue: 12.8 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 23.2 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 23.4 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 24.2 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 24.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 24.6 mi
- Calderwood: 17.5 mi
- Wheat: 19.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Spring Mountain | SSE 154° | 953 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Lanier | ESE 121° | 948 m | 18.0 mi |
| Look Rock | ESE 106° | 810 m | 14.5 mi |
| Ellis Butt | E 97° | 738 m | 16.6 mi |
| Stiffknee Top | SSE 148° | 732 m | 18.7 mi |
| Haw Knob Number One | SE 145° | 721 m | 18.2 mi |
| Revenue Hill | SE 132° | 694 m | 18.7 mi |
| Tallasee Mountain | SE 144° | 650 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356829300
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