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Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area

Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 208 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is The Knobs, a peak 1.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
208 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.49118, -84.88189

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 58
Cliffs: 24
Historic sites: 24
  • Clarence Darrow: 7.3 mi
  • William Jennings Bryan: 7.4 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 7.4 mi
  • Memorial Wall: 9.1 mi
  • Routes Amphitheater: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Paine Creek Falls 10: 8.2 mi
  • Laurel Falls 80: 8.9 mi
  • North Pole Falls 17: 9.4 mi
  • Snow Falls 12: 9.6 mi
  • Sale Creek Falls 40: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Museums: 9
  • Meigs County Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
  • Rhea County Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 9.1 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 14.0 mi
  • McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Clearwater Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Sensaboy Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 4
Rest areas: 2
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 11.7 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 14.0 mi
  • Roadside Table: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 17.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • BSUMC Giving Garden: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cotton Port Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainNNW 345°931 m20.8 mi
Dorton KnobNNW 345°910 m22.0 mi
Bear Den MountainNNW 348°893 m21.8 mi
Brady MountainNNW 348°893 m23.7 mi
Worthington KnobNW 325°775 m16.6 mi
Gort KnobNNW 337°774 m17.7 mi
Walker KnobNNW 333°766 m17.4 mi
Brown MountainN 353°763 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:52
June solstice06:2520:2120:59
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4616:5217:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249586774777771594841
Precip in5.25.15.35.44.84.55.33.94.83.64.86.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 2SE, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • cardinal flower5 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty3 obs
  • Chinese privet3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk2 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • Northern Cardinal2 obs
  • Eastern Phoebe2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356796480

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