Turkey Knob
Turkey Knob rises to 286 m in Tennessee. Capshaw Mountain stands 381 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Spring Hill, a peak 4.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Giles County, Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31690141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 286 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bee Spring Hill: 4.4 mi
- Chapel Hill: 4.8 mi
- Whitt Hill: 5.1 mi
- Ingram Hill: 5.3 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 5.8 mi
- Magazine Road Park: 8.2 mi
- John Barnes Park: 8.5 mi
- Washington Heights Park: 8.9 mi
- Sharewood Park: 8.9 mi
- South Patterson Park: 9.0 mi
- Ballentine Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Ward Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Winding Stair Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Whitaker Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Harper Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Civil War Hospital: 9.5 mi
- Alabama Korean Veterans War Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans of America: 10.7 mi
- Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle: 14.4 mi
- Helicopter: 21.2 mi
- Heritage Landing Entrance Sign: 17.5 mi
- Pig, In Memoriam: 20.1 mi
- Fiddle Player: 21.2 mi
- Athens City Mural: 21.4 mi
- Limestone County Confederate Soldiers Memorial: 21.5 mi
- Wyatt Archaeological Museum: 18.2 mi
- Lynnville Railroad Museum: 19.3 mi
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 21.2 mi
- Gulf Museum: 21.4 mi
- Vice Grip Garage Auto Museum & Gift Shop: 24.7 mi
- L&N Red Caboose: 13.0 mi
- Lyon Family Farms: 17.1 mi
- Hickory House: 9.1 mi
- Rocket Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Shady Grove: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Turkey Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capshaw Mountain | SSE 154° | 381 m | 22.2 mi |
| Larwood Hill | NNE 33° | 363 m | 18.8 mi |
| Talley Hill | NE 46° | 361 m | 19.9 mi |
| Gould Hill | NE 47° | 358 m | 18.1 mi |
| Burwell Mountain | SE 146° | 354 m | 22.8 mi |
| Porter Hill | NE 41° | 354 m | 23.0 mi |
| Copperas Hill | NE 50° | 352 m | 17.1 mi |
| Toll Gate Hill | NE 45° | 352 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ardmore, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1273025 — Turkey Knob, Giles County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356779947
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