Zachs Knob
Zachs Knob rises to 605 m in Tennessee. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Graveyard Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 13 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Tennessee, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31692450, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 605 m
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 18.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Purchase Ridge Overlook · 24 mi
- Lover's Leap Overlook · 24 mi
- Tunnel Floor Observation Deck · 24 mi
- Flag Rock Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle Park: 5.0 mi
- Indian Springs Park: 5.0 mi
- Indian Springs Ballfields: 5.2 mi
- Rooster Front Park: 6.5 mi
- Charlie Robinette Park: 6.5 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 2.7 mi
- Ayers Knob: 3.3 mi
- Browder Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Walker Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Knobs: 5.3 mi
- Veterans War Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Cobra: 8.9 mi
- Dickson Elementary School: 10.0 mi
- Anderson Block House Monument: 10.1 mi
- Memorial Tower: 10.1 mi
- Otter House Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Bald Alley Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Moody Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Dorn Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Buzzard Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Birthplace of Country Music Museum: 8.8 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Car Museum: 12.6 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum: 15.4 mi
- Gray Fossil Site and Museum Annex: 15.5 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 4.7 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 6.1 mi
- Bristol Caverns: 12.1 mi
- Kingsport Aquatic Center: 13.2 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 17.4 mi
- Abrams Falls: 8.7 mi
- Blue Hole Falls: 17.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 23.4 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 25.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 5.4 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 13.1 mi
- Junaluska: 17.0 mi
- Heartwood: 20.6 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Dr. Catherine Smith Garden: 20.8 mi
- John Douglas Wayside: 21.0 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 21.9 mi
- Hampton Spring: 21.8 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zachs Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Knob | ESE 102° | 1,295 m | 20.1 mi |
| Holston Mountain | ESE 118° | 1,264 m | 16.4 mi |
| Holston High Knob | ESE 118° | 1,261 m | 16.4 mi |
| Locust Knob | E 101° | 1,223 m | 20.3 mi |
| Delaney Mountain | E 96° | 1,036 m | 20.1 mi |
| Big Knob | NW 305° | 919 m | 11.4 mi |
| Dickey Mountain | NE 37° | 780 m | 7.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Knob | S 182° | 769 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bristol AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1275348 — Zachs Knob, Sullivan County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356784593
Day trips start here
- Bristol · 8 mi
- Kingsport · 12 mi
- Elizabethton · 17 mi
- Johnson City · 18 mi
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