Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area
Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 652 m. Hurricane Mountain stands 1,007 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hackle Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 652 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hackle Knob: 0.7 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 1.4 mi
- Braden Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Potato Knob: 2.4 mi
- Turley Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Asbury Park: 9.2 mi
- Cove Lake State: 9.5 mi
- Campbell County Park: 11.1 mi
- Flat Creek Park: 11.4 mi
- Winfield City Park: 12.0 mi
- McCoy Rocks: 15.2 mi
- Hangover Rock: 16.3 mi
- High Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Primroy Arch: 18.4 mi
- Jakes Hole Overlook: 19.3 mi
- Civil War: 14.0 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 16.1 mi
- Fort Anderson: 16.4 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 16.4 mi
- American Chestnuts: 16.4 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 10.4 mi
- Museum of Scott County: 12.9 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 16.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 19.4 mi
- Norris Museum: 20.4 mi
- Split Bow Arch: 18.7 mi
- Diocese Arch: 20.2 mi
- Hole In Rock Arch: 20.2 mi
- Coal Branch Natural Arch: 22.8 mi
- Koger Arch: 23.6 mi
- Angel Falls: 20.1 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 20.9 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 21.7 mi
- Debord Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lick Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
- Winona General Store: 8.8 mi
- Train Cars: 10.0 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 18.2 mi
- Abandoned Train: 19.7 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 1.5 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 17.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 21.8 mi
- Loyston: 22.4 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 22.8 mi
- Koger Spring: 24.8 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Mountain | S 172° | 1,007 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | S 174° | 976 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ash Log Mountain | S 180° | 975 m | 10.8 mi |
| Grissel Knob | S 170° | 973 m | 9.4 mi |
| Huckaby Knob | SSE 166° | 953 m | 6.2 mi |
| Massengale Mountain | S 182° | 936 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pine Bald | SSE 168° | 935 m | 8.1 mi |
| Miller Mountain | S 177° | 923 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newcomb, 11 mi away.
- bigleaf magnolia5 obs
- Christmas fern3 obs
- Eastern Newt2 obs
- American sweetgum2 obs
- American holly2 obs
- striped wintergreen2 obs
- Thorell's Lampshade-web Spider2 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356897434
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