Sanford Knob
Sanford Knob rises to 274 m in Tennessee. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Paul Johns Neighborhood Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 22 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31687018, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Moor Hill: 1.9 mi
- Britton Hill: 2.2 mi
- Flag Hill: 4.1 mi
- Prewitts Knob: 4.9 mi
- Signal Knob: 6.0 mi
- Paul Johns Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
- Dog Park: 1.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Park: 2.4 mi
- Hilltop Rosenwald Park: 2.8 mi
- La Vergne Bicentennial Park: 2.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 2.9 mi
- Sewart Air Force Base: 3.5 mi
- Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 4.5 mi
- Castle Gwynn: 9.0 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Tennessee Agricultural Museum: 10.7 mi
- Croft House: 11.6 mi
- Lane Motor Museum: 13.8 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 14.5 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 2.8 mi
- Jesus Statue: 14.6 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 14.7 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 15.0 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 15.1 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 10.7 mi
- Boiling Spring Academy (historical): 10.9 mi
- Visitor Center: 11.9 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 11.9 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 12.1 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 5.3 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 5.3 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 12.4 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 13.2 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 13.6 mi
- State Street Garden: 15.0 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.1 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Wray Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 21.1 mi
- McCord Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 23.7 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 7.5 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 12.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Swimming Area: 7.1 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 23.8 mi
- Maney Spring: 14.1 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 20.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Sanford Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSW 198° | 370 m | 7.4 mi |
| Buteomont | SW 233° | 369 m | 8.3 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SW 230° | 367 m | 6.9 mi |
| Polk Hill | SW 220° | 366 m | 6.1 mi |
| Morton Knob | SW 228° | 365 m | 6.3 mi |
| Scales Mountain | S 177° | 362 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | WSW 245° | 361 m | 8.6 mi |
| Townsel Hill | S 173° | 359 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smyrna 6S, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356832116
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