Parksville Beach
Parksville Beach is a beach in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the southeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Prince Knob, a peak 0.5 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway runs past it.
The story
beach in Polk County, Tennessee, United States
Wikidata Q49322462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- On the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 1 mi
- Gazebo Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prince Knob: 0.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Prince Knob: 0.5 mi
- Sugarloat Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Devils Point Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Mac Point Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Rock Creek Scenic Area: 3.0 mi
- Parksville Lake Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Chilhowee Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 5.0 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 8.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 10.3 mi
- Fred Stone: 11.9 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 2.9 mi
- Benton Falls: 3.3 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 9.7 mi
- Lowry Falls: 9.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 10.3 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 16.3 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 16.3 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 16.8 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 17.3 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 21.5 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Panther Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 18.5 mi
- White Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Eads Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 14.2 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 16.4 mi
- Swift Museum: 20.7 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 23.3 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 11.5 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 12.0 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 17.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 2.1 mi
- Shady Beach: 2.1 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 14.4 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 24.0 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
- Bauxite Ridge: 23.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 22.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 22.7 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 18.2 mi
- Face: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Parksville Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SE 141° | 1,276 m | 9.2 mi |
| Cowpen Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,264 m | 15.1 mi |
| Chimneytop | SE 135° | 1,137 m | 8.7 mi |
| Hemp Top | SE 145° | 1,089 m | 11.1 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,074 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | E 93° | 1,017 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | E 93° | 1,016 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mule Top | SSE 149° | 948 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:04 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356895455
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