Candies Creek Wildlife Management Area
Candies Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 209 m. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Evil, a peak 1.4 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 209 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 17 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 18 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Evil: 1.4 mi
- Texas Knobs: 4.1 mi
- Barger Knob: 6.2 mi
- Locust Hill: 7.3 mi
- Red Hills: 7.4 mi
- Rogers Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Barker Village Park: 5.1 mi
- Hiwassee Meadowlands Park: 5.4 mi
- Agency Creek Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Tinsley Park: 7.0 mi
- Hiwassee Campground: 7.1 mi
- Fred Stone: 7.7 mi
- Upsilon Xi North Gate Arch: 9.3 mi
- Upsilon Xi Clocktower: 9.4 mi
- Conner Cemetery: 9.8 mi
- Benton Falls: 17.7 mi
- Lowry Falls: 18.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
- McGill Creek Falls: 18.5 mi
- Wildcat Hollow Falls: 18.5 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Eads Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Jewell Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Goodman Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 10.0 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 11.8 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 16.5 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.8 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 17.5 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 19.5 mi
- Enterprise South Nature Park: 21.1 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 21.2 mi
- Bauxite Ridge: 21.6 mi
- Parksville Beach: 18.1 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 18.5 mi
- Shady Beach: 19.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 19.1 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 19.3 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 17.9 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 18.0 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 22.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 20.5 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 23.3 mi
- Little Debbie: 21.1 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 21.2 mi
- Face: 24.2 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 9.7 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 20.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 12.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 12.5 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 18.8 mi
- Cute: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Candies Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | ESE 115° | 921 m | 17.7 mi |
| Lowry Top | ESE 111° | 818 m | 18.5 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | E 100° | 768 m | 19.6 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | ESE 118° | 700 m | 18.3 mi |
| Locust Mountain | E 94° | 620 m | 20.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | E 95° | 603 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gee Knob | ESE 103° | 599 m | 17.9 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SE 127° | 595 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:18 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:52 | 17:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 6 mi away.
- nodding spurge5 obs
- purple passionflower4 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- American trumpet vine3 obs
- shining sumac3 obs
- Chinese bushclover3 obs
- Eastern Phoebe2 obs
- box elder2 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 node/356847203
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