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Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary

Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 203 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Audubon Acres, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 7.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
203 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.99838, -85.18246

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields 1-5: 0.8 mi
  • Camp Jordan Park: 0.8 mi
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields, "The Hole" 1 & 2: 0.9 mi
  • Benham Williams Park: 1.3 mi
  • Brainerd Hills Community Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Happy Top: 2.6 mi
  • Bermuda Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 4.6 mi
  • White Oak Mountain: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Illinois State Monument: 4.8 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 5.1 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment: 5.3 mi
  • Missing Man Monument: 5.5 mi
  • Iowa Monument: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 1.9 mi
  • Balloon Ride: 3.8 mi
  • Fireball: 3.8 mi
  • Twister: 3.8 mi
  • Tour-Train: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 26
Waterfalls: 21
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 9.1 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 9.1 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 9.1 mi
  • High Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 11.7 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 4.7 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.2 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 8.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Straight Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Obar Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 13.4 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 229°647 m16.8 mi
Suck Creek MountainNW 312°624.84 m19.0 mi
Round KnobNW 316°601 m15.0 mi
Buck KnobNNW 331°595 m16.9 mi
Elder MountainWNW 302°569 m14.2 mi
Raccoon MountainWNW 286°563 m12.3 mi
The HellicanNNW 337°562 m17.4 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 solstice07:4616:5517:34

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells56 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty39 obs
  • mayapple34 obs
  • common jewelweed33 obs
  • American cancer-root33 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander31 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird28 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs28 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356800182

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