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Catoosa Wildlife Management Area

Catoosa Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Catoosa Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 548 m. Little Fork Mountain stands 965 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ditney Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
548 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.99841, -84.76161
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Obed Wild and Scenic River: 5.6 mi
  • Robinhood Park: 7.4 mi
  • Nemo Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Oakdale City Park: 11.6 mi
  • Emory Gap Park: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
Springs: 14
  • Delozier Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Black Mountain Springhouse: 11.5 mi
  • Dripping Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Ambrose Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Rose Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ozone Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Ray Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Emory Gap Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Historic sites: 11
  • Troop 45: 14.1 mi
  • Lake Shore: 15.5 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 16.1 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 16.1 mi
  • K-33: 20.4 mi
Museums: 6
  • Native Stone Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 15.8 mi
  • K-25 History Center: 21.1 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 10.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 19.8 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Catoosa Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Fork MountainENE 64°965 m17.7 mi
Chimney Top MountainENE 64°948 m16.6 mi
Indian KnobENE 66°931 m17.9 mi
England MountainNE 54°921 m17.7 mi
Dorton KnobSW 222°910 m18.5 mi
Brady MountainSW 225°893 m16.7 mi
Bear Den MountainSW 219°893 m17.8 mi
Landrom MountainNE 39°884 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1719:51
June solstice06:2320:2221:00
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4716:4917:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471747367574639
Precip in4.84.65.05.94.75.15.73.44.33.33.95.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancing 6 NW, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Steeplebush8 obs
  • New York fern3 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake2 obs
  • Common Box Turtle2 obs
  • American Beaver2 obs
  • Tree Lungwort2 obs
  • buttonbush2 obs
  • Appalachian Arrowhead2 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 node/356882660

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