Salting Knob
Salting Knob rises to 736 m in Tennessee. Buffalo Mountain stands 1,008 m to the south-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lick Creek Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31686791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 736 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lick Creek Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Lawson Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Anderson Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Lloyd Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Poor Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Cove Lake State: 10.1 mi
- Asbury Park: 10.3 mi
- Flat Creek Park: 11.3 mi
- Frozen Head State Environmental Education Area: 11.6 mi
- Highschool Park: 11.7 mi
- Why Miners Fought: 13.3 mi
- Convict Lease System: 13.3 mi
- Coal Creek War: 13.3 mi
- Militia Hill: 13.3 mi
- American Chestnuts: 13.3 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 12.6 mi
- Sheep Rock: 16.4 mi
- River Ridge: 17.1 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 18.2 mi
- Red Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 11.6 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 13.8 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 16.6 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 16.7 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 18.4 mi
- Train Cars: 4.1 mi
- Winona General Store: 7.1 mi
- Abandoned Train: 9.2 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.4 mi
- Aspire: 19.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Montgomery: 17.0 mi
- Wheat: 23.9 mi
- Loyston: 24.6 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 10.6 mi
- Debord Falls: 11.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.6 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 11.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 12.4 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 17.8 mi
- Massengil Spring: 19.6 mi
- Diocese Arch: 19.0 mi
- Split Bow Arch: 25.0 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Salting Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,008 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | E 92° | 1,007 m | 6.6 mi |
| Stallion Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,007 m | 9.7 mi |
| Squire Knob | SSW 202° | 1,002 m | 9.8 mi |
| Burge Mountain | S 184° | 993 m | 7.2 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSW 201° | 988 m | 8.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 205° | 985 m | 9.6 mi |
| Guinea Hill Knob | SSW 198° | 977 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356831853
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