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Black Oak Park

Black Oak Park from directly overhead

Black Oak Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 333 m. English Mountain stands 1,106 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Knob, a peak 0.7 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 12 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15276, -83.48974

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Nelson Merry Park: 1.4 mi
  • Glenmore Mansion: 1.8 mi
  • Mossy Creek Station: 1.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.2 mi
  • Roy Harmon Park: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Forbidden Caverns: 18.9 mi
  • Skyland Ranch: 22.6 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 22.6 mi
  • Jayell Ranch Adventure Park: 23.0 mi
  • Apple Barn and Cider Mill: 23.1 mi
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 14
Historic sites: 11
  • Netherton Campus Gate: 2.3 mi
  • Hamblen County Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
  • Old Lee Highway: 11.8 mi
  • Clinchdale Farm: 12.2 mi
  • Strawberry Plains Fortification: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 5
  • Tate Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Strong rock spring: 15.5 mi
  • Rocky Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Love's Creek Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Burnett Spring: 22.9 mi
Artworks: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Black Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
English MountainSSE 148°1,106 m20.4 mi
The PinnacleSSE 152°1,025 m20.5 mi
The LookoffSSE 149°1,012 m20.2 mi
Sand MountainSE 142°829 m19.4 mi
Round MountainSE 142°810 m18.5 mi
Grindstone MountainSE 140°757 m19.2 mi
Joppa MountainNW 312°745 m10.7 mi
Sharp MountainN 3°694 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3819:1219:46
June solstice06:1820:1720:55
September equinox07:2318:5919:33
December solstice07:4216:4417:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556472757468574639
Precip in4.14.54.64.64.13.85.13.83.32.73.44.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson City, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
  • Black Vulture9 obs
  • Carolina horsenettle9 obs
  • Canada Goose8 obs
  • purple passionflower8 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle8 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider7 obs
  • Japanese Beetle6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/937418710

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