Park · Tennessee
Cherokee Wildlife Management Area
Cherokee Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 879 m. Hump Mountain stands 1,688 m to the south-southwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountaineer Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 879 m
How to reach it
Coordinates36.22373, -81.98317
- 4.0 mi off the Mission Crossing
- 11.9 mi off the Little Parkway
- 12.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 16.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Patio View of MacRae Peak · 12 mi
- Watauga View · 12 mi
- Calloway Peak · 12 mi
- Storyteller Rock · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Waterfalls
- Mountaineer Falls: 0.3 mi
- Splash Dam Falls: 1.1 mi
- Jones Falls: 1.4 mi
- Buckeye Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- She Falls Falls: 6.1 mi
Peaks
- Big Pine Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Round Knob: 1.2 mi
- Little Pine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stout Hill: 2.7 mi
- Little Stone Mountain: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Buckeye Creek Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Roan Mountain Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Laurel Fork Wildlife Management Area: 6.1 mi
- Lower Gorge River Access: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 28
- Buck Ridge Lookout Tower: 3.2 mi
- Law Enforcement Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Avery County Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Old Doe Lookout Tower: 12.3 mi
- Elizabethton Veterans War Memorial: 15.6 mi
Attractions: 26
- Mountain Magic Resort: 8.1 mi
- Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster: 10.0 mi
- Wautauga Dam: 10.4 mi
- Greater Foscoe Mining Company: 12.6 mi
- Stack Rock: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
- High Point Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Flagpole Point: 9.9 mi
- Flattop Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Pardee Point: 10.1 mi
- Cardens Bluff: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 21
- Hellbenders: 16.6 mi
- The Rock: 16.6 mi
- Doc and Merle Watson: 16.7 mi
- Doc Watson Statue: 16.7 mi
- Time and Honor: 16.7 mi
Museums: 17
- Beech Mountain History Museum: 6.6 mi
- Avery County Musuem: 10.0 mi
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery: 12.4 mi
- Moses Cone Manor: 17.0 mi
- Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area Interpretive Exhibit: 17.2 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Twin Springs Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 9.7 mi
- Cliffside Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Woods Walk: 12.3 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
Gardens: 10
- Watauga Extension Educational Garden: 16.4 mi
- Sustainable Development Civic Garden Project: 16.6 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 16.8 mi
- Fred Webb Jr. Outdoor Geology Laboratory and Rock Garden: 16.8 mi
- Appalachian Roots Garden: 17.1 mi
Nature reserves: 8
- Elk Valley Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Peak Mountain Conservation Area: 10.8 mi
- Foscoe Wetland Conservation Area: 11.9 mi
- Tater Hill Lake Basin Habitat Preservation: 15.5 mi
- Appalachian State University Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Hampton Spring: 11.4 mi
- Shanty Springs: 12.1 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 2
- Shook Branch Swimming Area: 9.7 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Watauga County US 221 Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Mortimer: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Cherokee Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hump Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,688 m | 6.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,663 m | 6.3 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSW 200° | 1,662 m | 7.3 mi |
| Big Yellow Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,658 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pinnacles of the Beech | ESE 116° | 1,652 m | 6.3 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,637 m | 9.3 mi |
| Little Hump Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,587 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sugar Mountain | SE 139° | 1,585 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:11 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 42 | 52 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Flat Springs 1E, 4 mi away.
- Pipevine Swallowtail17 obs
- fringed polygala12 obs
- Christmas fern9 obs
- stalked puffball-in-aspic7 obs
- partridgeberry7 obs
- fan clubmoss7 obs
- galax6 obs
- Allegheny monkeyflower6 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/356774374
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