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Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area

Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 503 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.98055, -84.85439

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 51
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ozone Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Ray Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Keaton Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 17.2 mi
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 17.4 mi
Springs: 11
  • Black Mountain Springhouse: 8.0 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Delozier Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Troop 45: 14.1 mi
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 19.9 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 20.0 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 20.0 mi
  • Lake Shore: 20.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Native Stone Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 16.9 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 19.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 16.7 mi
  • Roadside Table: 17.0 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 17.1 mi
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 4.9 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 5.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainSSW 207°931 m15.4 mi
Dorton KnobSSW 210°910 m14.4 mi
Brady MountainSSW 212°893 m12.5 mi
Bear Den MountainSSW 206°893 m13.9 mi
Black MountainSSW 196°862 m8.1 mi
Luper MountainESE 116°833 m4.1 mi
Big Rock MountainS 182°824 m4.7 mi
Thorny MountainSSE 149°811 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:51
June solstice05:2419:2220:00
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4715:5016:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353946556370747367564639
Precip in4.95.15.45.55.24.95.53.64.13.14.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crossville MEM AP, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1462613599

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