Taylor Knob
Taylor Knob rises to 538 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the north, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheroy Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in Greene County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1272244)
Wikidata Q31689513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 538 m
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 23.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 27.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 28.4 mi off the Appalachian Medley
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 25 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 26 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 26 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheroy Hill: 2.5 mi
- Lost Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Fodderstack Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Kyle Hill: 5.1 mi
- Stone Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Baileyton Community Park: 6.5 mi
- Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park: 8.9 mi
- Tusculum City Park: 10.4 mi
- Tusculum University Historical District: 10.8 mi
- Laurel Run Park: 11.9 mi
- The Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Miller Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 10.6 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 12.9 mi
- McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 13.0 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 14.0 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 16.5 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 9.0 mi
- Doak House Museum: 10.8 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 13.0 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 13.0 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 13.1 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 16.8 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 17.2 mi
- Squibb Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 17.6 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 17.7 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 3.1 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 4.7 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.5 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 15.5 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 20.5 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 20.6 mi
- Junaluska: 18.8 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 24.6 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 22.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Taylor Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | N 8° | 945 m | 5.7 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | N 8° | 926 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | NNW 333° | 839 m | 4.4 mi |
| Stone Mountain | NW 314° | 789 m | 5.2 mi |
| Stony Lump | WNW 297° | 766 m | 5.7 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | NNE 20° | 707 m | 13.4 mi |
| Potato Hill | SE 137° | 707 m | 15.7 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | W 274° | 675 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:56 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1272244 — Taylor Knob, Greene County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356778845
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 17 mi
- Johnson City · 21 mi
- Elizabethton · 27 mi
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