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Salting Knob

Salting Knob, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.28286, -84.39188

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
Historic sites: 26
  • 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
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 12
  • 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
Attractions: 5
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Debord Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Angel Falls: 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 19.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Diocese Arch: 19.0 mi
  • Split Bow Arch: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo MountainSSE 151°1,008 m9.5 mi
Hurricane MountainE 92°1,007 m6.6 mi
Stallion MountainSSW 197°1,007 m9.7 mi
Burge MountainS 184°993 m7.2 mi
Walnut KnobSSW 201°988 m8.2 mi
Bald KnobSSW 205°985 m9.6 mi
Guinea Hill KnobSSW 198°977 m8.7 mi
Hatmaker KnobE 88°976 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2120:2120:59
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4616:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845556371757367564538
Precip in5.15.15.75.24.94.85.64.54.03.33.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneida, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356831853

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