Bear Creek Waterfowl Management Unit
Bear Creek Waterfowl Management Unit is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 107 m. The Mound stands 215 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Creek Recreation Area, a park 3.1 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 1.9 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 107 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
- 16.5 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 7 mi
97 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Creek Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Neville Bay Lake Access: 3.7 mi
- Saline Creek Access Point: 3.7 mi
- Robinson Hill: 4.4 mi
- Round Top: 4.8 mi
- Hickman Creek Hill: 6.0 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 8.9 mi
- Mulberry Hill: 9.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Bullard Point: 14.6 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Douglas Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Cannon Monument: 5.9 mi
- Great Western Iron Furnace: 6.9 mi
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 10.0 mi
- Confederate Monument: 20.9 mi
- Bison Range Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Cedar Pond Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Colson Overlook Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Jenny Ridge Picnic Area at Land Between The Lakes: 18.2 mi
- Hematite Lake Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Great West Iron Furnace: 6.9 mi
- Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes: 7.6 mi
- Hilltop Chimney: 18.9 mi
- Center Furnace Trail: 24.6 mi
- Model Spring aka Great Western Spring: 6.9 mi
- Garnett Spring: 17.3 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 13.2 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 20.4 mi
- Golden Pond: 16.9 mi
- Murray, Kentucky: 22.7 mi
- Wrather West Kentucky Museum: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Creek Waterfowl Management Unit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mound | SSE 159° | 215 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cooley Hill | SSE 169° | 203 m | 20.3 mi |
| Pulley Hill | SSE 163° | 197 m | 10.0 mi |
| Redbank Hill | S 180° | 196 m | 14.8 mi |
| High Place | S 191° | 194 m | 25.0 mi |
| Nero Hill | SSW 202° | 191 m | 11.4 mi |
| Brigham Hill | ESE 119° | 190 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hickman Creek Hill | SSW 196° | 189 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover 1 W, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Newt6 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard6 obs
- Dark Fishing Spider6 obs
- American Buckwheat Vine6 obs
- Ring-necked Snake5 obs
- Pond Slider5 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel5 obs
- White Sweetclover5 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/356849081
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