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.
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
- 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
- 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
- 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 20.3 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 |
| Sunset Point | S 182° | 783 m | 20.3 mi |
| Dickey Mountain | NE 37° | 780 m | 7.2 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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