Round Knob
Round Knob rises to 757 m in Tennessee. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckleberry Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 23 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31429105, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 757 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 25.0 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 25.6 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Buffalo Mountain Park: 0.7 mi
- Tipton-Haynes Historic Site: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 1.9 mi
- Powell Square Park: 1.9 mi
- Founders Park: 2.2 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 0.5 mi
- White Rock: 0.9 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Haynes Knob: 2.1 mi
- Cherokee Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 1.2 mi
- Carillion: 1.9 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Fort Watauga: 6.6 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 6.7 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 5.6 mi
- Moody Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 7.9 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Stony Point: 10.3 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 10.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 11.7 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 12.8 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 6.7 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 7.2 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 7.4 mi
- Unicoi County Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 2.4 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 2.5 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 12.7 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 15.3 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 17.0 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 24.0 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.3 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Junaluska: 3.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 9.5 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.2 mi
- Lost Cove: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,579 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSE 152° | 1,359 m | 11.9 mi |
| Beauty Spot | S 176° | 1,347 m | 11.5 mi |
| Elkwallow Knob | SSE 157° | 1,314 m | 12.9 mi |
| Loggy Knob | SSE 154° | 1,294 m | 12.3 mi |
| Piney Ball | SSE 153° | 1,288 m | 11.3 mi |
| Piney Bald | SE 136° | 1,277 m | 12.6 mi |
| Big Ball | SSE 160° | 1,254 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356885866
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 2 mi
- Elizabethton · 7 mi
- Kingsport · 21 mi
- Bristol · 23 mi
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