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Turkey Knob

Turkey Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Turkey Knob rises to 374 m in Tennessee. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakdale City Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 24 miles off.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31690178, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
374 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.98924, -84.54244

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oakdale City Park: 0.7 mi
  • Fred Russell Davis Jr. Park: 3.2 mi
  • Killeffer Park: 3.8 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 4.2 mi
  • Lakeshore Park: 5.3 mi
Peaks
Springs: 16
  • Delozier Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Rose Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Ambrose Spring: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Lake Shore: 5.3 mi
  • K-33: 8.4 mi
  • K-31: 8.6 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 8.9 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 4.2 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 9.4 mi
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 23.4 mi
  • Roadside Table: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Debord Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Ozone Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Ray Falls: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Abandoned Train: 14.2 mi
  • Caboose: 20.5 mi
  • Train Cars: 24.4 mi
  • Aspire: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big FodderstackNE 41°1,013 m10.8 mi
Stallion MountainNNE 27°1,007 m12.3 mi
Squire KnobNNE 23°1,002 m12.1 mi
Frozen HeadNNE 27°1,001 m10.3 mi
Walnut KnobNNE 23°988 m13.7 mi
Bald KnobNNE 21°985 m12.4 mi
American KnobNE 51°984 m11.7 mi
Big Brushy MountainNE 50°979 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1619:50
June solstice06:2320:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4616:4917:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149586775787772604840
Precip in5.56.05.45.54.74.75.23.94.33.24.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356779953

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