The Knob
The Knob rises to 1,565 m in Oregon. Mount Emily stands 1,859 m to the southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Huckleberry Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Grande Tour passes 8.9 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082581, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,565 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Grande Tour
- 11.1 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
Overlooks nearby
- Foothill Road Viewpoint · 18 mi
108 named places within 25 miles
- Huckleberry Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gray Rock: 2.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Wilbur Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Thimbleberry Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Pioneer Monument: 10.4 mi
- Hilgard Junction State Park: 11.9 mi
- Benton Park: 12.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 12.6 mi
- Ganglof Park: 12.6 mi
- North Flat Spring: 4.0 mi
- acajawea Spring: 4.5 mi
- Patúšway Spring: 12.5 mi
- Shamrock Springs: 15.0 mi
- Wild Women Spring: 20.5 mi
- Spring Mountain Cliffs: 4.5 mi
- Devils Slide: 12.1 mi
- Rockwall: 14.3 mi
- Boly Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Gasset Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 16.8 mi
- Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 17.0 mi
- Charles Reynolds Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 20.7 mi
- Charles Reynolds Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 20.8 mi
- Viewpoint, I-84 Eastbound: 22.9 mi
- Grande Ronde RIver Dam: 12.5 mi
- Union Pacific La Grande Engine Shops: 13.0 mi
- Old La Grande Highschool marker: 13.6 mi
- Wagon: 13.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Interpretive Park: 10.1 mi
- Springs Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Oregon Trail Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Union County Fairgrounds: 12.0 mi
- Orodell: 12.0 mi
- Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area: 13.4 mi
- La Grande Community Garden: 14.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Emily | SE 139° | 1,859 m | 6.7 mi |
| Line Bluff | ESE 107° | 1,836 m | 23.8 mi |
| Morris Hill | S 171° | 1,727 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Moriah | E 94° | 1,704 m | 23.2 mi |
| Thimbleberry Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,697 m | 3.5 mi |
| Spout Springs | NNE 23° | 1,677 m | 17.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,662 m | 2.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,660 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:00 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 15:23 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 60 | 59 | 52 | 43 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meacham, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1151023 — The Knob, Umatilla County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357316633
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