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rain garden

rain garden from directly overhead

rain garden is a garden in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bank City Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.12321, -85.30665

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Red Bank City Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walden's Ridge Park (Lower Parking Lot): 0.9 mi
  • Mountain Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Walden's Ridge Park (Upper Parking Lot): 1.1 mi
  • Walden's Ridge Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 59
Attractions: 38
Waterfalls: 34
  • Rainbow Falls 40: 3.3 mi
  • Julia Falls 95: 3.8 mi
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 4.8 mi
  • Blowing Wind Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Clear Branch Falls 40: 8.4 mi
Cliffs: 27
Museums: 20
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 13
Gardens: 9
  • Blue Cross Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 3.1 mi
  • Obar Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Straight Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 11.2 mi
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 6.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of rain garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNW 315°715 m22.5 mi
Bunker HillNW 325°703 m19.8 mi
Buck KnobN 2°693 m20.0 mi
Flat MountainNNW 336°684 m22.1 mi
Round TopSSW 196°647 m20.5 mi
Buck KnobN 8°625 m16.5 mi
Suck Creek MountainWNW 300°624.84 m8.2 mi
Round KnobWNW 302°601 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2220:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:40
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586673767570594841
Precip in5.56.05.65.54.34.24.84.04.93.84.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Amur honeysuckle57 obs
  • House Finch48 obs
  • Joro Spider46 obs
  • Northern Cardinal41 obs
  • Field madder34 obs
  • American sweetgum34 obs
  • ground-ivy34 obs
  • House Sparrow31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/691233044

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