Shady Beach
Shady Beach is a beach in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Devils Point Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Beach in Polk County, Tennessee, United States.
Wikidata Q49324708, matched on coordinates and name (10 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 3 mi
- Gazebo Overlook · 5 mi
- Cohutta Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devils Point Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
- Mac Point Recreation Area: 4.1 mi
- Parksville Lake Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Rock Creek Scenic Area: 5.0 mi
- Ocoee Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Sugarloat Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Prince Knob: 2.1 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Todd Mountain: 4.3 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 6.3 mi
- Nancy Ward Tomb: 6.4 mi
- Fred Stone: 12.4 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 12.4 mi
- Georgia-Tennessee Border: 16.8 mi
- Rolling Thunder River Company: 17.2 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 18.4 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 18.5 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 22.6 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
- Benton Falls: 5.4 mi
- Jacks River Falls 80: 8.3 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 11.8 mi
- Lowry Falls: 11.9 mi
- Panther Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 19.8 mi
- White Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Eads Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 13.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 13.8 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 15.0 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 14.0 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 18.5 mi
- Swift Museum: 22.7 mi
- Face: 18.4 mi
- Little Debbie: 24.0 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 24.1 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 19.6 mi
- Bauxite Ridge: 22.2 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 24.8 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 14.3 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 23.0 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 24.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Parksville Beach: 2.1 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Shady Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SE 128° | 1,276 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cowpen Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,264 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | S 176° | 1,222 m | 14.6 mi |
| Chimneytop | ESE 121° | 1,137 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | S 185° | 1,125 m | 14.8 mi |
| Three Forks Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,101 m | 14.3 mi |
| Hemp Top | SE 135° | 1,089 m | 10.2 mi |
| Buckeye Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,074 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356832522
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