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Pickett CCC Memorial State Park

Pickett CCC Memorial State Park from directly overhead

Pickett CCC Memorial State Park is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 446 m. Wright Mountain stands 541 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station, a museum 0.6 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.55949, -84.79065

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gobblers Knob: 2.4 mi
  • Pinnacle Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Parker Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Stepp Mountain: 5.2 mi
Cliffs
Attractions: 19
  • Rock Hole: 2.9 mi
  • Twin Arch North: 3.3 mi
  • Twin Arches: 3.3 mi
  • Twin Arch South: 3.3 mi
  • Tackett Homesite & Graves: 3.8 mi
Natural arches: 12
  • Buffalo Arch: 3.4 mi
  • Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 7.8 mi
  • Etta's Arch: 7.8 mi
  • Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 8.2 mi
  • Amphitheater Arch: 8.2 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 6
  • Angel Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Big Spring Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Town Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Lick Creek Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Yahoo Falls: 21.0 mi
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Koger Spring: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Pickett CCC Memorial State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wright MountainWSW 249°541 m11.3 mi
Golman MountainW 279°536 m13.0 mi
Campbell MountainSW 233°533 m12.2 mi
Cherry Gap MountainNNW 327°530 m10.2 mi
Bald RockWNW 290°527 m11.7 mi
Slippery RockWNW 292°525 m10.5 mi
Buck MountainWSW 256°525 m12.2 mi
Lynch PinnacleW 277°519 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1719:51
June solstice06:2220:2321:02
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4816:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745546269737266564538

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pickett SP, under a mile away.

  • Hartford fern52 obs
  • bigleaf magnolia52 obs
  • mountain laurel43 obs
  • partridgeberry39 obs
  • trailing arbutus38 obs
  • mapleleaf viburnum34 obs
  • box huckleberry32 obs
  • eastern hemlock31 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/96778141

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