Bull Run Park
Bull Run Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 243 m. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Claxton Community Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Anderson County
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Claxton Community Park: 1.4 mi
- Brushy Valley Park: 1.4 mi
- Knox County Sportspark: 2.1 mi
- Tennesse Rugby Park: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge Park: 2.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.3 mi
- Rainy Knob: 6.1 mi
- College Hill: 6.7 mi
- Fanny Knob: 7.5 mi
- Richmond Hill: 9.9 mi
- Magnet Mills: 6.2 mi
- The Clinton 12 – Walking into History: 6.4 mi
- Marlow Elementary School Cafeteria: 7.0 mi
- International Friendship Bell: 7.1 mi
- Josie Fine Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 6.4 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 6.5 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 7.2 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 7.7 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 11.9 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Bull Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 11.3 mi
- River Ridge: 11.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.9 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 11.3 mi
- Grow Lab: 11.8 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 12.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Herron Spring: 8.5 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 14.9 mi
- Hardin Spring: 15.0 mi
- Massengil Spring: 15.0 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 15.5 mi
- Aspire: 5.7 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 12.3 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 15.1 mi
- Abandoned Train: 16.8 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 17.7 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 15.3 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 15.4 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 15.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 12.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 12.4 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 13.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.0 mi
- Wheat: 14.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 17.8 mi
- Loyston: 20.4 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 17.5 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 20.9 mi
- Debord Falls: 21.1 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 10.8 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Bull Run Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | NNW 338° | 1,075 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,075 m | 14.0 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | NNW 332° | 1,027 m | 13.6 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | NW 317° | 1,008 m | 14.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NW 322° | 993 m | 12.1 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | NW 305° | 984 m | 14.4 mi |
| American Knob | WNW 293° | 984 m | 14.8 mi |
| Big Brushy Mountain | WNW 287° | 979 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Atdd, 5 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron13 obs
- frostweed10 obs
- climbing prairie rose10 obs
- Black Vulture9 obs
- White Sweetclover9 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk9 obs
- Amur honeysuckle9 obs
- Osprey9 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/175803601
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