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Camp Jordan Park

Camp Jordan Park from directly overhead

Camp Jordan Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 7.0 miles off.

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Coordinates35.00146, -85.19675

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields, "The Hole" 1 & 2: 0.2 mi
  • Camp Jordan Ultimate Fields 1-5: 0.3 mi
  • Benham Williams Park: 1.0 mi
  • Brainerd Hills Community Park: 1.0 mi
  • Tacoa Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Happy Top: 2.8 mi
  • Bermuda Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Dailey Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Boynton Ridge: 4.7 mi
  • Snodgrass Hill: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 60
  • Illinois State Monument: 4.0 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 4.3 mi
  • Iowa Monument: 4.8 mi
  • Missing Man Monument: 5.1 mi
  • 2nd Minnesota Infantry Regiment: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 33
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 1.8 mi
  • Balloon Ride: 3.2 mi
  • Fireball: 3.2 mi
  • Tour-Train: 3.2 mi
  • Twister: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 26
Waterfalls: 22
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 8.3 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 8.3 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 8.4 mi
  • High Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Lula Falls 100: 11.0 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 5.1 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Rock City Gardens: 8.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Straight Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Obar Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 12.7 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 13.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Camp Jordan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 226°647 m16.4 mi
Suck Creek MountainNW 313°624.84 m18.3 mi
Round KnobNW 318°601 m14.3 mi
Buck KnobNNW 333°595 m16.3 mi
Elder MountainWNW 303°569 m13.4 mi
Raccoon MountainWNW 286°563 m11.5 mi
The HellicanNNW 339°562 m16.9 mi
The HorseshoeNNW 333°557 m18.2 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 solstice07:4616:5517:34

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Virginia bluebells56 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty40 obs
  • mayapple34 obs
  • common jewelweed33 obs
  • American cancer-root33 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander32 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird31 obs
  • ground-ivy28 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 way/147151841

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