Cherokee Park
Cherokee Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Short Mountain stands 808 m to the north-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Stetsor Park, a park 1.5 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 0.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Hamblen County
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 27.4 mi off the Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail
- 29.4 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dalton Knob: 2.5 mi
- Boyd Knob: 4.9 mi
- Indian Grave Hill: 5.3 mi
- Ore Mine Hill: 7.3 mi
- Stony Point Knob: 7.6 mi
- Stetsor Park: 1.5 mi
- Wildwood Park: 2.0 mi
- Lon Price Park: 2.6 mi
- Noeton Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
- Lochmere Park: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Summit: 2.5 mi
- Hamblen County Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Bean Station Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Bean Station Original Site: 6.8 mi
- Clinchdale Farm: 7.8 mi
- White Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Point Lookout: 8.8 mi
- Skulley Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 12.4 mi
- McNabb Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Johnson Ridge Small Wild Area: 1.9 mi
- Crosby Pothole Refuge: 2.5 mi
- Poor Valley Creek: 7.8 mi
- Buffalo Springs State Game Farm: 16.3 mi
- Indian Cave Park: 19.5 mi
- Bean Station History Museum: 5.8 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 10.6 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 10.7 mi
- Grainger County Historical Archives: 13.7 mi
- Swift Museum: 18.1 mi
- Rocky Spring: 5.6 mi
- Tate Spring: 6.6 mi
- Burnett Spring: 23.0 mi
- Mahala Mullins Cabin: 22.5 mi
- Vardy Presbyterian Church: 22.6 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 24.9 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 12.4 mi
- Jefferson County I-40 East Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 7.9 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Cherokee Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | NNE 33° | 808 m | 9.9 mi |
| Jabez Knob | N 7° | 771 m | 20.2 mi |
| Joppa Mountain | W 269° | 745 m | 19.8 mi |
| Devils Nose | NE 48° | 727 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | NW 319° | 694 m | 16.5 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 354° | 678 m | 18.0 mi |
| Henderson Knob | NW 319° | 625 m | 20.0 mi |
| Willis Hill | NNE 24° | 598 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 06:17 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:43 | 17:23 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morristown Radio Wcrk, 5 mi away.
- eastern poison ivy6 obs
- Amur honeysuckle6 obs
- Field madder5 obs
- eastern redbud5 obs
- white oak5 obs
- white clover5 obs
- Chinese privet5 obs
- American pokeweed4 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/895938999
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