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Big Springs Access Area

Big Springs Access Area from directly overhead

Big Springs Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sensaboy Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
231 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.69479, -84.69577
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 16
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 9.7 mi
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 9.8 mi
  • Ray Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Pine Branch Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Troop 45: 7.6 mi
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 14.8 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 14.8 mi
  • Lake Shore: 18.9 mi
Springs: 14
  • Sensaboy Spring: 0.2 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Blue Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 8
Picnic sites: 4
  • Roadside Table: 8.6 mi
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 9.3 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 12.7 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 18.3 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 18.5 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • The Lost Sea: 18.5 mi
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 18.8 mi
  • Caboose: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cheeyo Park: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Big Springs Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainWNW 291°931 m16.9 mi
Dorton KnobWNW 294°910 m17.5 mi
Bear Den MountainWNW 296°893 m16.6 mi
Brady MountainWNW 301°893 m17.9 mi
Black MountainNW 317°862 m16.3 mi
Luper MountainNNW 344°833 m18.7 mi
Big Rock MountainNNW 329°824 m17.6 mi
Thorny MountainNNW 337°811 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:51
June solstice06:2420:2120:59
September equinox07:2719:0419:37
December solstice07:4616:5017:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787771594841
Precip in5.65.25.35.44.64.85.43.34.33.24.65.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 7NE, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Tile-horned Prionus2 obs
  • Killdeer1 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1 obs
  • White-breasted Nuthatch1 obs
  • Gray Catbird1 obs
  • Pileated Woodpecker1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • North American River Otter1 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356895047

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