Swafford Knob
Swafford Knob rises to 313 m in Tennessee. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the southeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiwassee Meadowlands Park, a park 4.0 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Tennessee, United States of America
Wikidata Q31689176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 313 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 11 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 13 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hiwassee Meadowlands Park: 4.0 mi
- McMinn County Bicentennial Park: 7.9 mi
- Knox Park: 8.1 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 8.3 mi
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 8.6 mi
- Red Hills: 5.9 mi
- Locust Hill: 6.0 mi
- Red Hills: 6.1 mi
- Cog Hill: 6.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.3 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
- Company A: 8.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 8.7 mi
- M60 Tank: 8.9 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Eads Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Ward Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Jewell Bluff: 14.4 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 8.8 mi
- Swift Museum: 9.5 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 10.7 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 14.8 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
- Lowry Falls: 9.6 mi
- Benton Falls: 11.8 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 16.6 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 18.7 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 8.6 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 8.7 mi
- The Lost Sea: 21.4 mi
- Parksville Beach: 13.8 mi
- Shady Beach: 15.5 mi
- Shady Beach: 15.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 8.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 9.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 14.7 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 14.8 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 15.4 mi
- Cute: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Swafford Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SE 138° | 921 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lowry Top | SE 129° | 818 m | 10.3 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | ESE 108° | 768 m | 10.4 mi |
| Brock Mountain | SE 137° | 758 m | 18.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | E 87° | 721 m | 14.1 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | SE 142° | 700 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | SSE 159° | 649 m | 17.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 89° | 630 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:20 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:31 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1271921 — Swafford Knob, McMinn County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356778255
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