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Cooter's Place

Cooter's Place from directly overhead

Cooter's Place is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 300 m. Round Top stands 1,314 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Gator Golf, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Newfound Gap Road Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

The museum portion of our building, in which we are constructing a detailed replica of Cooter’s garage from the show, will house replica vehicles and memorabilia from the Dukes of Hazzard and is free admission.

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Cooter's Place

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Coordinates35.80742, -83.57511

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Gator Golf: 0.1 mi
  • MagiQuest: 0.1 mi
  • The Track Family Entertainment Center: 0.1 mi
  • Bungee Jump: 0.1 mi
  • Paula Dean's Lumberjack Feud: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Wear Farm City Park: 1.1 mi
  • Patriot Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sevierville City Park: 3.5 mi
  • Paine Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
  • Oak Haven Park: 7.7 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 59
  • Cataract Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Thousand Drips: 8.4 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Baskins Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Mannis Branch Falls: 10.3 mi
Museums: 24
  • Alcatraz East Crime Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Chasing Rainbows Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Tree Art Chainsaw Carving: 2.7 mi
  • Sevier County Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
  • Wings Of Wander Mural: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 22
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 10
Picnic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Fish: 1.7 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 4.2 mi
  • Bear: 7.4 mi
  • Alex Haley Statue: 21.6 mi
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Cooter's Place. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSE 138°1,314.3 m10.8 mi
Phils ViewS 184°1,185.75 m7.8 mi
Chinquapin KnobSSW 192°1,144 m9.1 mi
Piney MountainSE 146°1,088.92 m10.7 mi
Mount HarrisonS 179°1,072 m7.6 mi
Cove MountainS 186°1,061 m6.8 mi
Round TopSSW 211°936.479 m9.5 mi
Green TopW 274°921 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3919:1319:46
June solstice06:1920:1720:54
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4116:4517:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047556370737267564640
Precip in4.84.35.64.95.56.06.34.44.33.24.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gatlinburg 2 SW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6739583323

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