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Booker T Washington State Park

Booker T Washington State Park from directly overhead

Booker T Washington State Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 239 m. Buck Knob stands 693 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Booker T. Washington Park Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
239 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.11122, -85.17586

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Veteran's Park Tank: 6.9 mi
  • Veteran's Park Fighterjet: 6.9 mi
  • Veteran's Park Helicopter: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 37
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 7.4 mi
  • Central of Georgia 349: 7.9 mi
  • Freedom Church: 9.4 mi
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 9.4 mi
  • Fireball: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 29
Waterfalls: 26
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 8.1 mi
  • Clear Branch Falls 40: 9.0 mi
  • Power Line Falls 140: 9.1 mi
  • Hogskin Branch: 9.9 mi
  • Stripmine Falls: 10.5 mi
Museums: 20
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 10
  • rain garden: 7.4 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.2 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 9.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 10.5 mi
  • Straight Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Obar Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 17.9 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 22.1 mi
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Grove: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Booker T Washington State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobNNW 342°693 m21.8 mi
Buck KnobNNW 343°625 m17.9 mi
Suck Creek MountainWNW 289°624.84 m15.3 mi
Round KnobWNW 285°601 m11.2 mi
Buck KnobNW 309°595 m11.0 mi
Elder MountainW 268°569 m12.4 mi
Raccoon MountainWSW 250°563 m13.0 mi
The HellicanNW 318°562 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:2919:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • House Finch224 obs
  • Mourning Dove222 obs
  • Northern Cardinal207 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel172 obs
  • European Starling114 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird85 obs
  • American Robin74 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird71 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/96778387

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