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Cove Hollow Recreation Area

Cove Hollow Recreation Area from directly overhead

Cove Hollow Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Hill Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07950, -85.85387

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Center Hill Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Center Hill Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Long Branch Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Buffalo Valley Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Edgar Evins State Rustic Park: 2.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Burgess Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Middle Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Little Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Falling Water Cascades: 14.6 mi
Museums: 8
  • The Eads Museum: 12.4 mi
  • Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Granville Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 2.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Visitor Center: 4.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Cove Hollow Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Short MountainSSW 205°635 m16.2 mi
Mason MountainSSW 202°533 m15.5 mi
Little Short MountainSSW 194°522 m16.2 mi
High KnobESE 123°505 m20.9 mi
Gum Spring MountainESE 123°505 m20.9 mi
Phifer MountainE 88°487 m24.0 mi
Goulden MountainESE 104°463 m22.4 mi
Buck MountainENE 78°452 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2218:55
June solstice05:2819:2620:04
September equinox06:3218:0818:42
December solstice06:5115:5416:33

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596876797872615042
Precip in4.95.15.34.84.85.25.43.94.03.54.05.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster Edgar Evins Marina, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose27 obs
  • River Cooter22 obs
  • Bluegill18 obs
  • eastern redcedar15 obs
  • Carolina buckthorn14 obs
  • wild comfrey13 obs
  • ebony spleenwort12 obs
  • Osage-orange11 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/356872610

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