The Knobs
The Knobs rises to 290 m in Tennessee. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31676735, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 290 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 26.9 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Frazier Park: 5.0 mi
- Armstrong Ferry Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Tennessee Wildlife Refuge: 6.7 mi
- Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Ingle Rocks: 4.0 mi
- River Knobs: 5.2 mi
- Presley Hill: 6.1 mi
- Buzzard Point: 8.7 mi
- Dutchmans Knob: 8.9 mi
- Hunter Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Butcher Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Eaves Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Garrison Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Lillard Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 7.6 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 7.7 mi
- Blythe Ferry: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Wall: 10.1 mi
- Routes Amphitheater: 10.1 mi
- Paine Creek Falls 10: 8.1 mi
- Laurel Falls 80: 8.5 mi
- North Pole Falls 17: 9.2 mi
- Snow Falls 12: 9.3 mi
- Sale Creek Falls 40: 9.9 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 9.8 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 9.9 mi
- Piney River Area: 12.0 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls State Natural Area: 14.5 mi
- Piney Falls State Natural Area: 14.8 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 5.1 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 7.6 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 12.6 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.4 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 13.0 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 14.1 mi
- Moulton Spring: 14.3 mi
- Sensaboy Spring: 16.3 mi
- Holloway Spring: 16.9 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 20.8 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 22.2 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 23.7 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 23.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 12.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 12.2 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 12.6 mi
- Roadside Table: 15.6 mi
- Cute: 9.3 mi
- Sam: 16.2 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of The Knobs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | NNW 343° | 931 m | 19.5 mi |
| Dorton Knob | NNW 344° | 910 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NNW 347° | 893 m | 20.4 mi |
| Brady Mountain | NNW 347° | 893 m | 22.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 358° | 862 m | 24.7 mi |
| Worthington Knob | NW 322° | 775 m | 15.6 mi |
| Gort Knob | NNW 335° | 774 m | 16.5 mi |
| Haley Mountain | N 1° | 768 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:18 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 2SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356840137
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