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. River Road Scenic Byway passes 283 miles off.
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
- 283.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
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
- Winding Stair Bluff: 10.3 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
- Wyatt Archaeological Museum: 18.2 mi
- Lynnville Railroad Museum: 19.3 mi
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 21.2 mi
- Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 21.2 mi
- Gulf Museum: 21.4 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
- Staturn 1B Rocket: 10.8 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 23.2 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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