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Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area

Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area from directly overhead

Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 163 m. Harris Mountain stands 582 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Grove Recreation Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
163 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.53763, -85.45630

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 31
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 8
  • Star Point Marina: 12.2 mi
  • Eagle Cove Marina: 13.5 mi
  • Wisdom Marina: 15.2 mi
  • Wolf River Marina: 15.5 mi
  • launch site for kayak: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wash Morgan Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Charlotte Falls: 18.6 mi
Museums: 3
  • Clay County Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Overton County Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Monroe County Historical Society Museum: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Standing Stone State Park: 12.9 mi
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Harris MountainSSE 152°582 m21.5 mi
Alpine MountainSE 134°574 m17.3 mi
Gullet MountainSE 138°566 m16.3 mi
Brushy MountainSSE 150°565 m20.4 mi
Egypt KnobSE 127°554 m21.0 mi
Stout MountainSE 141°551 m20.4 mi
Little MountainSE 138°545 m21.0 mi
King MountainESE 116°541 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2519:2620:04
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5115:5016:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576573777670584840
Precip in4.74.75.04.84.74.74.64.33.92.93.75.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 13 mi away.

  • Common Pill Woodlouse8 obs
  • Rainbow Trout5 obs
  • Largescale Stoneroller5 obs
  • Nosy Pill Woodlouse5 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard3 obs
  • eastern redcedar3 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug3 obs
  • Greenhouse Millipede3 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/356897682

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