Rich Knob
Rich Knob rises to 1,295 m in Tennessee. The Bald stands 1,420 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Locust Knob, a peak 0.4 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31685611, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1295 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 21.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 27.5 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
- 28.9 mi off the New River Valley Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Storyteller Rock · 29 mi
- Watauga View · 29 mi
- Calloway Peak · 29 mi
- Top Crag View · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Locust Knob: 0.4 mi
- Cross Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Delaney Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Locust Pole Knob: 3.7 mi
- Big Oak Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Kettlefoot Wildlife Management Area: 4.1 mi
- Observation Park: 5.7 mi
- Cherokee Purchase Unit: 6.0 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 4.1 mi
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 7.8 mi
- gross/morrel homestead: 8.8 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 10.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 10.4 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 7.2 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 15.7 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 17.6 mi
- Laurel Falls: 18.3 mi
- Backbone Rock: 11.1 mi
- Bee Cliff: 13.7 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Moody Cliff: 19.6 mi
- Pardee Point: 19.8 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 8.1 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 13.8 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 14.0 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 14.8 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 15.0 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 10.3 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 12.6 mi
- Historical Society of Washington County: 13.8 mi
- William King Museum: 13.9 mi
- Fields Penn 1860 House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 21.7 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 23.2 mi
- Elk Valley Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Hidden Valley Wildlife Management Area: 23.8 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 24.9 mi
- Potters Truck Stop: 8.4 mi
- Trials Playground: 8.9 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 16.3 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 21.2 mi
- Boiling Spring: 15.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 15.5 mi
- Brig Spring: 16.8 mi
- Hampton Spring: 18.8 mi
- Heartwood: 13.0 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 13.9 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 13.2 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 19.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Rich Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Bald | SE 137° | 1,420 m | 14.5 mi |
| Leander Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,321 m | 15.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 89° | 1,318 m | 14.6 mi |
| Grindstone Knob | E 95° | 1,282 m | 5.5 mi |
| Holston Mountain | SW 236° | 1,264 m | 6.3 mi |
| Holston High Knob | SW 236° | 1,261 m | 6.3 mi |
| Forge Mountain | E 96° | 1,249 m | 12.7 mi |
| Locust Knob | NE 50° | 1,223 m | 0.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:12 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 17:17 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MTN City 2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356894882
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 13 mi
- Elizabethton · 19 mi
- Johnson City · 25 mi
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