Carter Community Park
Carter Community Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 278 m. Green Top stands 921 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Strong rock spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- County of Knox
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 24.1 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 25 mi
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carter Sports Park: 0.7 mi
- Thorn Grove Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Mascot Park: 3.4 mi
- Cruze Landing: 4.2 mi
- Skaggston Community Park: 5.9 mi
- French Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cline Knob: 2.2 mi
- Hightop: 3.1 mi
- Edwards Knob: 3.1 mi
- Mascot Rocks: 3.6 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 7.1 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 12.1 mi
- Skyland Ranch: 15.0 mi
- Apple Barn and Cider Mill: 15.3 mi
- Ripley's Illusion Lab: 15.4 mi
- Ramsey House Visitor Center: 7.0 mi
- First House In Blaine: 9.3 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 9.7 mi
- The Muse Knoxville: 9.7 mi
- Beck Cultural Exchange Center: 10.7 mi
- Strawberry Plains Fortification: 3.4 mi
- John Sevier Monument: 7.6 mi
- Christian-Newsom Memorial: 11.0 mi
- James White Fort: 11.7 mi
- Million Dollar Fire: 12.0 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 7.6 mi
- Eight Acre Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Race Track Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Sheepwalk Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 9.7 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 11.7 mi
- Grow Lab: 13.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.4 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 13.5 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 7.0 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 9.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 9.7 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 10.6 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 10.8 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 11.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 12.7 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 12.8 mi
- Dolly Parton: 13.4 mi
- Veterans Statue: 13.4 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 10.0 mi
- Cane Creek Twin Falls: 23.8 mi
- Meigs Falls: 24.3 mi
- Laurel Falls: 24.5 mi
- Cataract Falls: 24.8 mi
- Strong rock spring: 0.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 8.1 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 20.8 mi
- Loyston: 21.5 mi
- Metcalf Bottoms Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Carter Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Top | S 169° | 921 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | S 173° | 899 m | 14.9 mi |
| Donehew Head | N 4° | 643 m | 13.2 mi |
| House Mountain | NNW 336° | 629 m | 7.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | S 170° | 624 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | S 176° | 604 m | 14.2 mi |
| Little Pine Mountain | S 174° | 566 m | 13.9 mi |
| Koppick Knob | ENE 68° | 502 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 19:00 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:45 | 17:25 |
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 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sevierville, 9 mi away.
- Japanese honeysuckle34 obs
- American sycamore23 obs
- Amur honeysuckle18 obs
- box elder17 obs
- lyreleaf sage17 obs
- white clover14 obs
- eastern redbud10 obs
- American sweetgum10 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/1014103387
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