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Audubon Acres

Audubon Acres from directly overhead

Audubon Acres is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 7.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Chattanooga Audubon Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.99858, -85.18075

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields 1-5: 0.9 mi
  • Camp Jordan Park: 0.9 mi
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields, "The Hole" 1 & 2: 1.0 mi
  • Benham Williams Park: 1.3 mi
  • Brainerd Hills Community Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Happy Top: 2.6 mi
  • Bermuda Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 4.6 mi
  • White Oak Mountain: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Illinois State Monument: 4.9 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 5.2 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment: 5.4 mi
  • Missing Man Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Iowa Monument: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 2.0 mi
  • Balloon Ride: 3.9 mi
  • Fireball: 3.9 mi
  • Twister: 3.9 mi
  • Tour-Train: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
Waterfalls: 21
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 9.2 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 9.2 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 9.2 mi
  • High Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 11.8 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 4.7 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.1 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 8.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Straight Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Obar Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 13.5 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Audubon Acres. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 229°647 m16.9 mi
Suck Creek MountainNW 312°624.84 m19.1 mi
Round KnobNW 316°601 m15.1 mi
Buck KnobNNW 331°595 m16.9 mi
Elder MountainWNW 301°569 m14.2 mi
Raccoon MountainWNW 286°563 m12.4 mi
The HellicanNNW 336°562 m17.5 mi
The HorseshoeNNW 331°557 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:2919:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1509314187

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