Donaldson Park Recreation Area
Donaldson Park Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 160 m. Alpine Mountain stands 574 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clay County Museum, a museum 0.9 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 1.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 160 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 8.4 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
- 16.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
- 29.7 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob: 2.7 mi
- Little Knob: 3.3 mi
- Grogan Hill: 5.9 mi
- Chowning Knob: 7.8 mi
- Goodpasture Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- Pleasant Grove Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Willow Grove Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
- Lillydale Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park: 13.2 mi
- Star Point Marina: 14.3 mi
- Eagle Cove Marina: 15.4 mi
- Wisdom Marina: 16.6 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 17.5 mi
- launch site for kayak: 18.9 mi
- Knob Creek Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Seven Sisters Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Wpa Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Accordion Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 15.9 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 17.7 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 17.7 mi
- Savannah Falls: 19.0 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 19.3 mi
- Clay County Museum: 0.9 mi
- Monroe County Historical Society Museum: 14.4 mi
- Overton County Museum: 15.5 mi
- Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area: 14.5 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 15.6 mi
- Olympus: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Donaldson Park Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Mountain | SE 132° | 574 m | 20.1 mi |
| Gullet Mountain | SE 135° | 566 m | 19.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SE 146° | 565 m | 23.0 mi |
| Stout Mountain | SE 139° | 551 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 122° | 534 m | 17.4 mi |
| Threet Mountain | SE 125° | 533 m | 23.4 mi |
| Tater Hill | ESE 102° | 526 m | 23.4 mi |
| Huddleston Knob | E 91° | 512 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:50 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 16 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- Eastern Yellowjacket2 obs
- Cutleaf Grapefern2 obs
- Eurasian Drone Fly2 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- Sharp-shinned Hawk1 obs
- House Sparrow1 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/356897684
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