Round Knob
Round Knob rises to 353 m in Alabama. Huntsville Mountain stands 476 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Morgan County, Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31494446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 353 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Laceys Spring Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
- Southside Park: 5.7 mi
- McGucken Park: 6.3 mi
- Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center: 6.3 mi
- Bell Mountain Park: 6.7 mi
- Middle Mountain: 0.4 mi
- McCutcheon Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Husky Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bettinger Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 4.0 mi
- Helicopter: 11.7 mi
- Main Propulsion Test Article 098: 13.7 mi
- SLS Core Stage Pathfinder: 13.7 mi
- Shuttle Training Aircraft: 13.7 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Black Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Ballew Point: 3.2 mi
- Bell Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 4.4 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 10.7 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 11.0 mi
- SkyLume: 12.1 mi
- Artistic Images: 13.5 mi
- Moon Gate: 13.7 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 11.6 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Eternal Flame: 14.1 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 14.5 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 11.8 mi
- Burritt Museum: 13.6 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 13.8 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 14.2 mi
- Early Works Museum: 14.3 mi
- Byrd Spring: 9.8 mi
- Brahan Spring: 12.8 mi
- Betts Spring: 13.2 mi
- Big Spring: 14.4 mi
- Alm's Spring: 14.4 mi
- Pavilion 12: 12.6 mi
- Pavilion 9: 12.7 mi
- Pavilion 7: 12.7 mi
- Pavilion 11: 12.7 mi
- Pavilion 10: 12.7 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 18.4 mi
- Marie's Garden: 10.1 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 15.8 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 16.3 mi
- Talucah Beach: 9.3 mi
- Lacon: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Round Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Mountain | NNE 18° | 476 m | 10.9 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | ENE 60° | 409 m | 3.7 mi |
| Wade Point | NE 42° | 401 m | 5.0 mi |
| Russell Point | NNE 33° | 397 m | 4.5 mi |
| Lemley Mountain | E 86° | 394 m | 6.8 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | WSW 252° | 391 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bell Point | W 274° | 387 m | 1.8 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | E 101° | 386 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 125971 — Round Knob, Morgan County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358926901
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