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Yellow Knob

Yellow Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Knob rises to 657 m in Tennessee. Chinquapin Knob stands 1,144 m to the southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is House Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31692379, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
657 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.78373, -83.70345

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • The Coaster At Goats On The Roof: 5.1 mi
  • Next to Heaven Adventure: 6.2 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 6.3 mi
  • Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 7.2 mi
  • River Rat Tubing Outpost: 7.2 mi
Parks
  • Wear Farm City Park: 6.5 mi
  • Patriot Park: 8.5 mi
  • Paine Memorial Park: 9.4 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 9.4 mi
  • Bower Field Community Park: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Meigs Creek Cascade: 8.9 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 9.1 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 9.6 mi
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 22
Historic sites: 22
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 13.0 mi
  • Chimneys Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Fish: 8.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 9.6 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 9.7 mi
  • Bear: 12.1 mi
  • Sam Houston Statue: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Strong rock spring: 16.2 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 18.6 mi
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Yellow Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chinquapin KnobSE 144°1,144 m9.0 mi
Cove MountainSE 128°1,061 m8.3 mi
Round TopSSE 161°936.479 m6.8 mi
Green TopNE 47°921 m2.9 mi
Curry He MountainSSE 159°920.956 m8.9 mi
Bluff MountainNE 38°899 m1.8 mi
Little DoubleNNE 26°851 m0.9 mi
Raven DenESE 119°823 m7.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:47
June solstice06:2020:1720:55
September equinox07:2319:0019:33
December solstice07:4216:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275283 — Yellow Knob, Sevier County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356784489

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