Center Hill Recreation Area
Center Hill Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 214 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Winfree Knob: 8.9 mi
- Evans Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Burgess Knob: 11.2 mi
- Round Hill: 11.3 mi
- Tomahawk Knob: 12.1 mi
- Center Hill Recreation Area: 0.3 mi
- Long Branch Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
- Buffalo Valley Recreation Area: 0.7 mi
- Cove Hollow Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Edgar Evins State Rustic Park: 3.0 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 12.8 mi
- Burgess Falls: 13.3 mi
- Middle Falls: 13.4 mi
- Little Falls: 13.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 13.5 mi
- Gin Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Harris Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Petty Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Upton Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 11.3 mi
- The Eads Museum: 12.3 mi
- Granville Museum: 12.5 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 12.9 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 18.3 mi
- Pinhook: 15.2 mi
- Big Spring: 22.2 mi
- Spring Creek: 23.3 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 18.7 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 19.1 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 1.2 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
- Spring Shelter: 16.4 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 17.9 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Center Hill Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | SSW 208° | 635 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mason Mountain | SSW 205° | 533 m | 16.9 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | SSW 198° | 522 m | 17.5 mi |
| Gum Spring Mountain | SE 127° | 505 m | 20.3 mi |
| High Knob | SE 127° | 505 m | 20.3 mi |
| Phifer Mountain | E 91° | 487 m | 22.7 mi |
| Goulden Mountain | ESE 107° | 463 m | 21.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 80° | 452 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster Edgar Evins Marina, under a mile away.
- wild comfrey42 obs
- bloodroot27 obs
- Purple Phacelia27 obs
- Canada Goose26 obs
- River Cooter26 obs
- narrow-leaved glade fern26 obs
- dwarf larkspur25 obs
- rue anemone25 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/356872606
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