Cove Lake State
Cove Lake State is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 324 m. Cross Mountain stands 1,075 m to the south, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Asbury Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- On the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 6.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Asbury Park: 0.5 mi
- Campbell County Park: 5.9 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 6.4 mi
- Norris Dam State Park: 7.5 mi
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 9.4 mi
- Goldenwing Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Eagle Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Pine Bald: 3.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Grissel Knob: 3.5 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Fort Anderson: 6.9 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 6.9 mi
- American Chestnuts: 7.0 mi
- Militia Hill: 7.0 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 6.8 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 7.3 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 10.2 mi
- Norris Museum: 11.1 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 11.9 mi
- River Ridge: 10.6 mi
- Hangover Rock: 15.8 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 18.1 mi
- High Cliff: 20.6 mi
- Monks Corner: 20.8 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 9.0 mi
- Train Cars: 12.5 mi
- Winona General Store: 13.8 mi
- Abandoned Train: 14.5 mi
- Aspire: 15.7 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 9.5 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 9.5 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 13.8 mi
- Loyston: 14.9 mi
- Fork Mountain: 17.1 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 18.3 mi
- Debord Falls: 18.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 22.1 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 23.9 mi
- Massengil Spring: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Cove Lake State. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cross Mountain | S 188° | 1,075 m | 7.7 mi |
| The Flag Pole | S 188° | 1,075 m | 7.7 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,027 m | 8.9 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | SSW 208° | 1,008 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WSW 240° | 1,007 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SSW 196° | 993 m | 11.5 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | WSW 248° | 976 m | 4.1 mi |
| Ash Log Mountain | WSW 242° | 975 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 11 mi away.
- Gadwall27 obs
- Great Blue Heron22 obs
- Canada Goose22 obs
- common jewelweed21 obs
- American tuliptree19 obs
- Little Brown Jugs17 obs
- cardinal flower16 obs
- kudzu16 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/356796592
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