Wire Knob
Wire Knob rises to 616 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Nathan Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31691943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 616 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 16.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 18 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 19 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 19 mi
- Powell Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Run Park: 4.5 mi
- Eastman Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Bays Mountain Park: 6.7 mi
- Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Scout Project Park: 8.0 mi
- Nathan Peak: 0.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Chimneytop Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chimneytop: 2.2 mi
- Kyle Hill: 3.7 mi
- Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 7.4 mi
- Eagle Scout Dedication: 8.0 mi
- Battle of Kingsport: 9.0 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 11.8 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 15.3 mi
- The Cliffs: 2.8 mi
- Laurel Run Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Miller Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Kit Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Moody Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 10.6 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 10.6 mi
- Car Museum: 11.2 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 14.9 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 14.9 mi
- Hell Hollow Falls: 22.1 mi
- Sill Branch Falls: 22.9 mi
- Pine Ridge Falls: 23.0 mi
- Josiah Falls: 23.3 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 23.7 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 8.5 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 19.9 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 20.0 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 20.8 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 24.6 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 7.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 8.2 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 9.5 mi
- Junaluska: 18.0 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Wire Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chimneytop | SW 222° | 945 m | 2.2 mi |
| Chimneytop Mountain | SW 222° | 926 m | 2.1 mi |
| Fodderstack Mountain | SW 232° | 839 m | 5.4 mi |
| Stone Mountain | WSW 239° | 789 m | 7.0 mi |
| Stony Lump | WSW 238° | 766 m | 8.7 mi |
| Holston River Mountain | NNE 23° | 707 m | 5.9 mi |
| Brokenback Mountain | WSW 240° | 675 m | 13.5 mi |
| Brown Mountain | WSW 244° | 659 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:09 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:14 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:40 | 17:20 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingsport, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356783440
Day trips start here
- Kingsport · 10 mi
- Johnson City · 20 mi
- Elizabethton · 25 mi
- Bristol · 30 mi
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