Sassafras Knob
Sassafras Knob rises to 1,016 m in Tennessee. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Frog Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31687044, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1016 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 21.8 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Gazebo Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Frog Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Panther Knob: 1.7 mi
- Smith Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Brock Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Shinbone Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Thunder Rock Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Ducktown City Park: 4.7 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
- Tumbling Creek Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 3.8 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 7.7 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
- Benton Falls: 10.5 mi
- Lowry Falls: 11.0 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 7.9 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 8.1 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 9.7 mi
- Fields of the Wood: 9.7 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 12.3 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 15.5 mi
- Company A: 16.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 16.9 mi
- White Cliff: 16.4 mi
- Panther Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Cobb Bluff: 19.6 mi
- White Cliffs: 19.7 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 7.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 20.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 12.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.9 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.9 mi
- Poop Island: 19.0 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 16.9 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 20.1 mi
- Cherokee County Historical Museum: 21.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 22.3 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 20.1 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
- Due: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Sassafras Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SW 224° | 1,276 m | 9.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | SW 227° | 1,137 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hemp Top | SW 214° | 1,089 m | 10.2 mi |
| Signal Pole Hill | ESE 112° | 1,056 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pack Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,049 m | 8.2 mi |
| Angelico Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,027 m | 8.3 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | S 180° | 1,017 m | 0.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NE 47° | 946 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356832148
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