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Baker Creek Preserve

Baker Creek Preserve from directly overhead

Baker Creek Preserve is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Bluff Mountain stands 899 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Urban Wilderness Gateway Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Knoxville

How to reach it

Coordinates35.93959, -83.88717

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Urban Wilderness Gateway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Maynard Glenn Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Mary James Park: 0.9 mi
  • Rock City Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sam Duff Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 47
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 2.8 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 4.0 mi
  • Nick's MTB Trails: 13.5 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 13.6 mi
  • Aspire: 16.9 mi
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 33
Cliffs: 25
Waterfalls: 11
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Cane Creek Twin Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Meadow Branch Cascade: 22.1 mi
  • Meigs Falls: 22.2 mi
  • White Oak Sinks Falls: 22.4 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 16.2 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Tremont Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
  • Cades Cove Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Love's Creek Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 11.2 mi
  • Herron Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 21.5 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Baker Creek Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bluff MountainSE 129°899 m14.7 mi
Little DoubleSE 133°851 m14.6 mi
Bench MountainSE 131°805 m15.1 mi
Bearwallow MountainSE 143°720 m14.6 mi
Pleasant ViewSE 143°712 m14.4 mi
Yellow KnobSE 136°657 m14.9 mi
House MountainNNE 29°629 m13.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 123°624 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1419:48
June solstice06:2020:1820:56
September equinox07:2419:0019:34
December solstice07:4316:4617:26

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149576674777671594840
Precip in5.25.15.35.24.54.05.83.44.13.14.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/684497145

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