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Slate Knobs

Slate Knobs, seen from above at true elevation

Slate Knobs rises to 310 m in Tennessee. Cove Mountain stands 1,061 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is John Sevier Monument, a historic site 3.0 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31688015, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
310 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.88120, -83.64100

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oak Haven Park: 3.4 mi
  • Paine Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 4.7 mi
  • Wear Farm City Park: 6.7 mi
  • Sevier County Park: 7.5 mi
Attractions
Waterfalls: 32
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Thousand Drips: 14.7 mi
Museums: 25
Historic sites: 23
Cliffs: 22
Gardens: 11
Artworks: 8
  • Veterans Statue: 4.3 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 4.3 mi
  • Fish: 8.0 mi
  • Bear: 13.7 mi
  • Alex Haley Statue: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 10.2 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 15.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Slate Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cove MountainSSE 166°1,061 m12.3 mi
Green TopSSW 197°921 m5.0 mi
Bluff MountainSSW 204°899 m5.8 mi
Little DoubleSSW 208°851 m6.6 mi
Raven DenSSE 164°823 m10.6 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 201°815 m12.2 mi
Caney High TopSSE 159°809 m11.6 mi
Bench MountainSSW 202°805 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:1920:1720:55
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4216:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775787872604841
Precip in4.44.34.74.33.94.34.63.43.62.93.64.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1303659 — Slate Knobs, Sevier County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356839637

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