Yellow Knob
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
- 11.4 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 13 mi
- Ben Morton Overlook · 20 mi
- Newfound Gap Overlook · 20 mi
- Deep Creek Valley Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- House Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Little Double: 0.9 mi
- Blue Rock Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bench Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Pleasant View: 1.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 4.9 mi
- Cooter's Place: 7.4 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 7.5 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 7.8 mi
- Chasing Rainbows Museum: 9.5 mi
- East End: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Emert Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 10.7 mi
- Patriot Park Patriot Missile: 8.5 mi
- Patriot Park Liberty Bell: 8.6 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 9.1 mi
- 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Sugarlands Stone Cabin: 13.8 mi
- Vista Gardens: 12.3 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 16.9 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 17.1 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 17.2 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 17.2 mi
- 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
- Fish: 8.2 mi
- Veterans Statue: 9.6 mi
- Dolly Parton: 9.7 mi
- Bear: 12.1 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.4 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 14.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 14.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 14.9 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 15.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 16.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 18.6 mi
- Emerts Cove Covered Bridge: 16.3 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinquapin Knob | SE 144° | 1,144 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SE 128° | 1,061 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | SSE 161° | 936.479 m | 6.8 mi |
| Green Top | NE 47° | 921 m | 2.9 mi |
| Curry He Mountain | SSE 159° | 920.956 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 38° | 899 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Double | NNE 26° | 851 m | 0.9 mi |
| Raven Den | ESE 119° | 823 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:17 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
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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