Shannon Knob
Shannon Knob rises to 515 m in Tennessee. Pinnacle Mountain stands 1,074 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Cliff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 14 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31687374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 515 m
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 22.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 25 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 26 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington County Fairgrounds: 2.9 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 4.2 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 4.5 mi
- Warriors Path State Park: 5.4 mi
- Lakeview Park: 6.5 mi
- Spurgeon Knob: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mount: 5.4 mi
- Master Knob: 6.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.7 mi
- Miller Knob: 6.7 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 1.1 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Baker Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Massengill Monument: 4.6 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 7.2 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 8.8 mi
- Carillion: 9.1 mi
- Laurel Falls: 19.5 mi
- Abrams Falls: 19.9 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 19.9 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 21.0 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 21.0 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 4.6 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 4.7 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 5.4 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 9.2 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 9.4 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 8.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 8.7 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 9.6 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.8 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 19.5 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 21.7 mi
- Junaluska: 7.3 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- Hampton Spring: 17.3 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 18.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 18.9 mi
- Lost Cove: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shannon Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,074 m | 14.8 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,005 m | 11.9 mi |
| White Rock | SSE 154° | 980 m | 11.9 mi |
| Chimneytop | W 266° | 945 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cherokee Mountain | SSE 166° | 931 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | W 266° | 926 m | 15.4 mi |
| Haynes Knob | SSE 156° | 839 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cherokee Knob | S 180° | 836 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:08 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356832635
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 9 mi
- Kingsport · 10 mi
- Elizabethton · 12 mi
- Bristol · 18 mi
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