Spurgeon Knob
Spurgeon Knob rises to 469 m in Tennessee. Pinnacle Mountain stands 1,074 m to the south-southeast, 16 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 13 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 469 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 21.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 24 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 25 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Washington County Fairgrounds: 2.6 mi
- Warriors Path State Park: 4.3 mi
- Winged Deer Park Disc Golf Course: 5.3 mi
- Winged Deer Park: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Scout Project Park: 6.3 mi
- Shannon Knob: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Mount: 6.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 6.5 mi
- Pine Hill: 6.5 mi
- Old Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Massengill Monument: 5.7 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 6.3 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 7.6 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Carillion: 10.2 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 1.1 mi
- Baker Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 3.0 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Moody Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Abrams Falls: 19.3 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 20.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 20.6 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 21.7 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 22.1 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 4.8 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 6.3 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 10.0 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 10.2 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 8.2 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 8.5 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 9.7 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 9.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 11.9 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 19.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 21.4 mi
- Junaluska: 8.5 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 10.6 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 10.7 mi
- Hampton Spring: 18.4 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spurgeon Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,074 m | 15.9 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SSE 158° | 1,005 m | 13.0 mi |
| White Rock | SSE 153° | 980 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chimneytop | W 262° | 945 m | 14.9 mi |
| Cherokee Mountain | SSE 164° | 931 m | 13.3 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | W 262° | 926 m | 14.9 mi |
| Big Knob | NNW 347° | 919 m | 16.0 mi |
| Haynes Knob | SSE 155° | 839 m | 14.2 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 | 07:39 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1271171 — Spurgeon Knob, Washington County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356777296
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 9 mi
- Johnson City · 10 mi
- Elizabethton · 13 mi
- Bristol · 18 mi
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