Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek
Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 480 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Keystone Community Center, a park 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2016
What to expect
- Operated by
- Johnson City Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 23.6 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 28.2 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Keystone Community Center: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Stadium: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Legion Street Rec Center & Pool: 1.0 mi
- Tannery Knobs Bike Park: 1.1 mi
- Round Knob: 2.6 mi
- Huckleberry Knob: 3.1 mi
- Bogart Knob: 3.1 mi
- Sunset Point: 3.2 mi
- White Rock: 3.2 mi
- Betty Range Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Moody Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Hyder Bluff: 5.7 mi
- McAfee Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Pardee Point: 10.1 mi
- Tipton Cemetery: 1.5 mi
- Carillion: 2.5 mi
- Johnson City - Washington County, TN Veterans' Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Fort Watauga: 4.4 mi
- Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail: 4.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 11.0 mi
- Red Fork Falls: 12.0 mi
- Coon Den Falls: 12.3 mi
- Dennis Cove Waterfall: 13.3 mi
- Martin Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 4.5 mi
- Rocky Mount State Historic Site: 6.2 mi
- Jonesborough History Museum: 8.3 mi
- Chester Inn State Historic Site and Museum: 8.4 mi
- Chuckey Railroad Depot Museum: 8.6 mi
- Downtown Square Breezeway: 1.5 mi
- Johnson City Sign: 1.6 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 11.3 mi
- Appalachian Caverns: 12.9 mi
- Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 14.4 mi
- Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 17.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 24.8 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 11.1 mi
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- ETSU Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Junaluska: 3.4 mi
- Hampton Spring: 8.7 mi
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 11.0 mi
- Lost Cove: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Jacob's Nature Park at Sinking Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unaka Mountain | S 173° | 1,579 m | 12.7 mi |
| Little Bald Knob | SSE 161° | 1,359 m | 13.5 mi |
| Beauty Spot | S 182° | 1,347 m | 13.8 mi |
| White Rocks Mountain | ESE 117° | 1,295 m | 14.0 mi |
| Loggy Knob | SSE 162° | 1,294 m | 14.1 mi |
| Piney Ball | SSE 162° | 1,288 m | 13.1 mi |
| Piney Bald | SE 146° | 1,277 m | 13.7 mi |
| Big Ball | SSE 168° | 1,254 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:13 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:39 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1272129352
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 2 mi
- Elizabethton · 5 mi
- Kingsport · 20 mi
- Bristol · 21 mi
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