Darwin Field
Darwin Field is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 207 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is East Lake Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 207 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 17.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 24.5 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- East Lake Park: 0.4 mi
- Caruthers Park: 0.8 mi
- Boulevard Park: 1.1 mi
- Iowa Reservation: 1.2 mi
- John Ross Commons: 1.3 mi
- Cameron Hill: 4.1 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 4.5 mi
- Snodgrass Hill: 5.1 mi
- Happy Top: 6.0 mi
- Dailey Hill: 6.3 mi
- Iowa Monument: 1.2 mi
- Illinois State Monument: 1.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Marker: 2.3 mi
- Andrew's Raiders Monument: 2.3 mi
- 4th Army Corps Monument: 2.5 mi
- Freedom Church: 1.0 mi
- Cannon Ball: 2.7 mi
- Conestoga: 2.7 mi
- OH-Zone: 2.7 mi
- Matterhorn: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Williams Point: 8.3 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 8.3 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 8.4 mi
- Wilder Point: 8.5 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 3.4 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 3.5 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 3.5 mi
- High Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 6.9 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 2.5 mi
- Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum: 3.3 mi
- Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts: 3.5 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 3.5 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 3.5 mi
- Moonrise: 2.7 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 4.1 mi
- Resurgence II: 4.1 mi
- Resurgence I: 4.2 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Audubon Acres: 5.8 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 8.5 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 10.8 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 4.0 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 4.1 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 4.6 mi
- Sensory Garden: 4.7 mi
- Straight Spring: 3.8 mi
- Obar Spring: 7.1 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 9.0 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 9.8 mi
- Taylor Spring: 12.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 11.9 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 15.9 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 7.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 9.9 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 14.5 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 14.6 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 7.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
- Natural Bridge: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Darwin Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SSW 211° | 647 m | 13.2 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 326° | 624.84 m | 15.1 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 336° | 601 m | 11.7 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 350° | 595 m | 14.8 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NW 319° | 569 m | 9.7 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | WNW 298° | 563 m | 6.9 mi |
| The Hellican | N 356° | 562 m | 15.9 mi |
| The Horseshoe | NNW 348° | 557 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 4 mi away.
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog28 obs
- Monarch23 obs
- Gulf Fritillary21 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail17 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee16 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell16 obs
- Black Swallowtail15 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail15 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 way/659252115
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- Chattanooga · 3 mi
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