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North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit

North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit from directly overhead

North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Bunker Hill stands 703 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hixson Ball Fields, a park 0.8 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 9.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.14933, -85.22393

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hixson Ball Fields: 0.8 mi
  • Vandergriff Park: 1.0 mi
  • Greenway Farms: 1.7 mi
  • Briar Park: 1.9 mi
  • Dupont Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions: 36
  • Central of Georgia 349: 8.0 mi
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 8.1 mi
  • The Suck: 9.6 mi
  • Freedom Church: 10.8 mi
  • Ruby Falls: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 30
Waterfalls: 27
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 4.3 mi
  • Clear Branch Falls 40: 5.7 mi
  • Power Line Falls 140: 5.8 mi
  • Hogskin Branch: 6.7 mi
  • Stripmine Falls: 7.2 mi
Museums: 20
Artworks: 14
  • Woodland Tiger: 7.5 mi
  • In Town Gallery: 7.7 mi
  • Shakespeare: 7.7 mi
  • Summertime: 7.7 mi
  • The Rhino: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Gardens: 10
  • rain garden: 5.0 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 11.9 mi
Springs: 6
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 7.9 mi
  • Obar Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Straight Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 22.0 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 13.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bunker HillNW 312°703 m21.5 mi
Buck KnobNNW 348°693 m18.5 mi
Buck KnobN 350°625 m14.8 mi
Suck Creek MountainW 281°624.84 m12.0 mi
Round KnobW 273°601 m8.1 mi
Buck KnobNW 306°595 m7.3 mi
Elder MountainWSW 253°569 m10.2 mi
Raccoon MountainSW 233°563 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2820:2220:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1488023660

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