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Roach Knob

Roach Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Roach Knob rises to 501 m in Tennessee. Short Mountain stands 808 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Garvey Knob, a peak 0.9 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31685855, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
501 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.22092, -83.52185

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Buffalo School Park: 2.2 mi
  • Grainger County Park: 3.0 mi
  • Rutledge City Park: 3.9 mi
  • Friendship Park: 4.2 mi
  • Black Oak Park: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 11
  • Netherton Campus Gate: 7.2 mi
  • Old Lee Highway: 8.9 mi
  • Clinchdale Farm: 9.3 mi
  • Bean Station Original Site: 11.1 mi
  • Hamblen County Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 5
  • Tate Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Rocky Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 17.6 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Butchers Spring: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 3
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Forbidden Caverns: 24.0 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Roach Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainENE 60°808 m22.0 mi
Joppa MountainWNW 292°745 m6.7 mi
Sharp MountainN 10°694 m15.5 mi
Donehew HeadW 265°643 m9.9 mi
House MountainWSW 241°629 m15.6 mi
Henderson KnobN 2°625 m17.8 mi
Rogers High PointENE 66°567 m21.8 mi
Cline KnobNNW 338°562 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1219:46
June solstice06:1820:1720:55
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4216:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556472757468574639
Precip in4.14.54.64.64.13.85.13.83.32.73.44.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1299549 — Roach Knob, Grainger County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356830085

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