Peak · Tennessee
Round Knob
Round Knob rises to 879 m in Tennessee. Hump Mountain stands 1,688 m to the south-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Carter County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686302, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.23738, -81.97064
- 4.6 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 12.3 mi off the Little Parkway
- 13.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Watauga View · 12 mi
- Calloway Peak · 12 mi
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 12 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 1.2 mi
- Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 3.7 mi
- Lower Gorge River Access: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls
- Mountaineer Falls: 1.5 mi
- Splash Dam Falls: 1.9 mi
- Jones Falls: 2.5 mi
- Buckeye Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- She Falls Falls: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Big Pine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stout Hill: 1.9 mi
- Little Stone Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Buck Ridge: 2.4 mi
- Poga Mountain: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 2.0 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 11.2 mi
- Nick Grindstaff monument: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 26
- Mountain Magic Resort: 7.0 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.1 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 10.3 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 12.3 mi
- Stack Rock: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 21
- High Point Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Flagpole Point: 10.4 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Pardee Point: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 20
- Hellbenders: 16.0 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 16.0 mi
- The Rock: 16.0 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 16.0 mi
- Time and Honor: 16.1 mi
Museums: 17
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 6.4 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 10.7 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 12.7 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 16.6 mi
- Children's Playhouse: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 9.8 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Woods Walk: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 9
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 15.8 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 16.0 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 16.2 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 16.4 mi
- Daniel Boone Native Gardens: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Elk Valley Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.7 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 11.7 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 14.6 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Hampton Spring: 11.8 mi
- Shanty Springs: 12.2 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 2
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 9.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mortimer: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Round Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hump Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,688 m | 7.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | SE 126° | 1,663 m | 6.2 mi |
| Big Yellow Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,658 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pinnacles of the Beech | SE 127° | 1,652 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,587 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | SE 146° | 1,585 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hanging Rock | SE 125° | 1,582 m | 10.0 mi |
| Elk Park 9 | S 189° | 1,474 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1639667 — Round Knob, Carter County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356885863
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