Tater Knob
Tater Knob rises to 267 m in Tennessee. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cordell Hull Overlook, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cordell Hull Highway passes 28 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Smith County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31689447, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 267 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
132 named places within 25 miles
- Battery Knob: 2.3 mi
- Saltpeter Hill: 2.7 mi
- Maces Hill: 5.3 mi
- Locust Knob: 5.6 mi
- Cub Knob: 7.6 mi
- Cordell Hull Overlook: 0.0 mi
- Defeated Creek Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Rome Access Area: 7.2 mi
- Salt Lick Creek Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
- Granville Veteran's Park: 8.7 mi
- Petty Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Upton Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Alex Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 3.4 mi
- The Eads Museum: 4.3 mi
- Granville Museum: 8.9 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 19.7 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 20.0 mi
- Cummins Falls: 21.6 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 21.8 mi
- Savannah Falls: 22.2 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 23.6 mi
- Big Spring: 13.1 mi
- Spring Creek: 19.3 mi
- Spring Shelter: 0.9 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 13.6 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 15.5 mi
- General Hatton: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tater Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SW 217° | 398 m | 19.6 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSW 205° | 383 m | 23.8 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSW 206° | 379 m | 24.0 mi |
| Round Top Knob | SSW 197° | 364 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 206° | 359 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lawrence Knob | SSW 205° | 359 m | 23.1 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSW 209° | 357 m | 12.5 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SW 234° | 353 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272165 — Tater Knob, Smith County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356778592
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