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Carver Park

Carver Park from directly overhead

Carver Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 497 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is King Commons Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 22 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.31794, -82.36109

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • King Commons Park: 0.4 mi
  • Paul Christman Park: 0.4 mi
  • Founders Park: 0.4 mi
  • Spring Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Majestic Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 27
Waterfalls: 21
  • Red Fork Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 15.2 mi
Museums: 13
Attractions: 7
  • Johnson City Sign: 0.4 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 0.5 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 13.0 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 13.3 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.5 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 20.4 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 22.8 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 13.1 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 1
Artworks: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Carver Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Unaka MountainSSE 164°1,579 m13.2 mi
Beauty SpotS 173°1,347 m14.0 mi
Piney BallSSE 155°1,288 m13.9 mi
Big BallSSE 160°1,254 m13.9 mi
Clarke MountainSE 138°1,250 m13.6 mi
Stone MountainSE 145°1,129 m9.1 mi
Fork MountainESE 114°1,101 m11.2 mi
Pinnacle MountainS 184°1,074 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0819:41
June solstice06:1320:1320:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3816:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471757468574639
Precip in3.83.84.03.84.45.25.94.23.02.83.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 7 mi away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle56 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel49 obs
  • American Robin47 obs
  • mayapple44 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle44 obs
  • Great Egret42 obs
  • bloodroot39 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug39 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/123417787

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