Agency Creek Recreation Area
Agency Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 213 m. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Jewell Bluff, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 213 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 22 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stokes Hill: 2.2 mi
- Texas Knobs: 2.6 mi
- Mount Evil: 5.1 mi
- Joe Smith Hill: 6.2 mi
- Barger Knob: 7.4 mi
- Tennessee Wildlife Refuge: 4.4 mi
- Blythe Ferry Goose Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge: 5.5 mi
- Rogers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.5 mi
- Candies Creek Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Hiwassee Campground: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Wall: 6.1 mi
- Routes Amphitheater: 6.1 mi
- History Wall: 6.1 mi
- Blythe Ferry: 6.3 mi
- Paine Creek Falls 10: 12.7 mi
- Wildcat Hollow Falls: 12.8 mi
- McGill Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Sale Creek Falls 40: 13.3 mi
- Brush Creek Falls 20: 13.7 mi
- Jewell Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Goodman Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Eads Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Garrison Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 13.4 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 15.2 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 18.8 mi
- Piney River Area: 21.5 mi
- Enterprise South Nature Park: 22.5 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 6.1 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 10.5 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 14.7 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 18.6 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 18.9 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 23.3 mi
- Parksville Beach: 24.1 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 18.1 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 24.0 mi
- Moulton Spring: 24.2 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 18.4 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 21.8 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 21.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 13.0 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 13.0 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 14.4 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 23.5 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 21.9 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 22.5 mi
- Little Debbie: 23.4 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 23.5 mi
- Cute: 17.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Agency Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | ESE 122° | 921 m | 23.2 mi |
| Lowry Top | ESE 118° | 818 m | 23.9 mi |
| Worthington Knob | NNW 340° | 775 m | 23.5 mi |
| Clayton Knob | NNW 339° | 749 m | 23.1 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | SE 124° | 700 m | 24.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | W 278° | 693 m | 21.8 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNW 332° | 679 m | 21.3 mi |
| Buck Knob | W 268° | 625 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:18 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 2SE, 9 mi away.
- Osprey6 obs
- Canada Goose5 obs
- American White Pelican3 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Great Egret3 obs
- Sandhill Crane3 obs
- Common Grackle2 obs
- Eastern Phoebe2 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/356850642
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