Rocky Knob
Rocky Knob rises to 464 m in Tennessee. Thunderhead Mountain stands 1,685 m to the south-southeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31686044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 464 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 19 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 19 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook #1 · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Chestnut Top: 1.8 mi
- Chestnut Top Lead: 1.9 mi
- Luke Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Mark Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 1.1 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 1.8 mi
- Next to Heaven Adventure: 4.5 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 6.5 mi
- Ski Mountain Coaster: 11.6 mi
- Amerine Park: 11.4 mi
- Wildwood Park: 12.0 mi
- John Sevier Park: 12.2 mi
- Maryville College Woods: 12.4 mi
- City of Maryville Little League: 12.6 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 2.5 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 2.9 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 3.8 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 4.1 mi
- Meigs Falls: 4.8 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 0.7 mi
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 11.5 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 12.5 mi
- Hollywood Star Cars Museum: 13.8 mi
- Ripley's Believe It Or Not!: 13.9 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 13.0 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 13.1 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 14.3 mi
- Emert Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 2.4 mi
- East End: 11.8 mi
- Morton Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 4.6 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
- Vista Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 21.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 21.4 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 21.4 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 21.5 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 13.4 mi
- Fish: 14.1 mi
- Bear: 14.7 mi
- Veterans Statue: 17.5 mi
- Dolly Parton: 17.5 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park: 14.5 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 19.3 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 19.8 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Elkmont: 10.1 mi
- Proctor: 13.7 mi
- Calderwood: 17.4 mi
- Judson: 21.4 mi
- Strong rock spring: 24.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 25.0 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Rocky Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderhead Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,685.16 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rocky Top | SSE 160° | 1,657.32 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mt. Squires | S 172° | 1,540.46 m | 7.4 mi |
| Spence Field | SSE 168° | 1,509.76 m | 7.5 mi |
| Devils Courthouse | SE 142° | 1,406.04 m | 8.1 mi |
| Devils Bench | SE 139° | 1,379.94 m | 7.8 mi |
| McCampbell Knob | S 182° | 1,359.1 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pole Knob | S 191° | 1,330.75 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 5S, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1299908 — Rocky Knob, Blount County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356830655
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