Central Park
Central Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 260 m. Look Rock stands 810 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Alcoa Little League Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 260 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 29.3 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alcoa Little League Park: 0.1 mi
- Springbrook Park: 0.3 mi
- Springbrook Park: 0.6 mi
- Hall Park: 0.8 mi
- Hall Park: 1.1 mi
- Red Hill: 4.2 mi
- Logan Hill: 4.2 mi
- Gravelly Mountain: 4.4 mi
- High Top: 4.7 mi
- Maxie Ridge: 5.0 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 2.7 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 9.7 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 12.5 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 14.7 mi
- Ramsey House Plantation: 14.7 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 2.6 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- Terra: 11.6 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 11.7 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 11.8 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 2.9 mi
- McClung Museum: 11.3 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 12.0 mi
- Blount Mansion: 12.1 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 12.2 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Keller Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Wright Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 9.1 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Abrams Falls: 13.8 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 16.8 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 16.9 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 17.6 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 10.6 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 10.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 10.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 10.6 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 10.9 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 2.9 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 11.2 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 11.4 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 12.9 mi
- Fish: 23.4 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 11.1 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 17.3 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Herron Spring: 12.6 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 14.6 mi
- Hardin Spring: 14.7 mi
- Poplar Spring: 16.8 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 17.0 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 11.1 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 11.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 12.8 mi
- Calderwood: 20.4 mi
- Elkmont: 24.2 mi
- Wheat: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Look Rock | S 170° | 810.463 m | 11.2 mi |
| Ellis Butt | SSE 154° | 738 m | 10.2 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | E 97° | 720 m | 13.7 mi |
| Pleasant View | E 96° | 712 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | ESE 119° | 600 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SE 138° | 592 m | 11.2 mi |
| Webb Knob | ESE 117° | 563 m | 11.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 168° | 562 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville AP, 2 mi away.
- American Robin209 obs
- Ebony Jewelwing199 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel121 obs
- Blue Jay95 obs
- Northern Cardinal95 obs
- White-throated Sparrow90 obs
- Northern Mockingbird81 obs
- Amur honeysuckle73 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/274903181
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