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Chestnut Ridge Park

Chestnut Ridge Park from directly overhead

Chestnut Ridge Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 289 m. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Melton Lake Marina, a park 1.0 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
289 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.02425, -84.17797

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Melton Lake Marina: 1.0 mi
  • Claxton Community Park: 1.7 mi
  • Solway Park: 2.0 mi
  • Solway Park: 2.1 mi
  • Briarcliff Park: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 25
Cliffs: 18
Springs: 9
  • Herron Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Aspire: 5.5 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 14.3 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 14.8 mi
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 14.9 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 20.2 mi
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Debord Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Chestnut Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cross MountainNNW 346°1,075 m12.4 mi
The Flag PoleNNW 346°1,075 m12.4 mi
Redoak MountainNNW 339°1,027 m11.7 mi
Big FodderstackWNW 294°1,013 m14.5 mi
Buffalo MountainNW 322°1,008 m12.0 mi
Stallion MountainWNW 300°1,007 m17.1 mi
Frozen HeadWNW 294°1,001 m17.1 mi
Pilot MountainNNW 329°993 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:1920:58
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4416:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596774787771604841
Precip in5.55.95.55.64.54.85.93.74.13.35.05.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Atdd, 3 mi away.

  • frostweed28 obs
  • Great Blue Heron24 obs
  • American trumpet vine24 obs
  • autumn olive23 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk22 obs
  • partridge pea22 obs
  • Northern Cardinal20 obs
  • Widow Skimmer20 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356794264

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