Blount County Access Area
Blount County Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Ellis Butt stands 738 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 15 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.9 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 26 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 1.1 mi
- Brickyard Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Maxie Ridge: 2.5 mi
- Rambo Mountain: 2.6 mi
- High Top: 2.8 mi
- Rockford Community Park: 2.9 mi
- Alcoa Way Optimist Park: 3.5 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 4.1 mi
- Sequoyah Park & Greenway: 4.2 mi
- Mentor Community Park: 4.3 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 7.3 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 7.9 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 10.2 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 11.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 17.8 mi
- McClung Museum: 6.1 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 6.8 mi
- Blount Mansion: 6.9 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 7.0 mi
- Women's Basketball Hall of Fame: 7.1 mi
- Terra: 6.4 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 6.5 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 6.6 mi
- East Tennessee Veterans Memorial: 6.9 mi
- James White Fort: 7.1 mi
- Wright Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 3.9 mi
- Keller Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 7.3 mi
- Abrams Falls: 18.4 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 20.0 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 20.0 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 20.3 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 5.4 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 5.4 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 5.4 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 5.7 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 6.0 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 6.2 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 7.8 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 8.1 mi
- Veterans Statue: 22.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 6.4 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 6.4 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 6.8 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 8.0 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 11.2 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 21.0 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 11.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 12.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 16.0 mi
- Hardin Spring: 16.1 mi
- Strong rock spring: 17.3 mi
- Wheat: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Blount County Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Butt | SSE 166° | 738 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | ESE 118° | 720 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pleasant View | ESE 117° | 712 m | 14.3 mi |
| Blue Rock Mountain | ESE 116° | 679 m | 15.2 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | ESE 104° | 604 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | SE 143° | 600 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SSE 154° | 592 m | 15.0 mi |
| Webb Knob | SE 137° | 563 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:47 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville EXP STN, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle28 obs
- Great Blue Heron11 obs
- Central Ratsnake11 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- Northern Cardinal9 obs
- Eastern Bluebird9 obs
- Canada Goose8 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider7 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 way/977895942
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