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East Fork Recreation Area

East Fork Recreation Area from directly overhead

East Fork Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN), a picnic site 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 306 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.98390, -86.44681

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 41
  • Slave Cemetery: 3.6 mi
  • Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Sewart Air Force Base: 4.7 mi
  • Rosecrans Headquarters: 6.5 mi
  • Artillery Monument: 6.7 mi
Museums: 36
Artworks: 19
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 8.1 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 10.0 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 10.4 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 20.3 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 7.5 mi
  • Williamson Family Farm: 8.0 mi
  • GO USA Fun Park: 9.2 mi
  • Nashville Shores Water Park: 14.9 mi
  • Visitor Center: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 0.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of East Fork Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSW 234°370 m12.2 mi
ButeomontWSW 250°368.8 m15.1 mi
Jenkins HillWSW 251°367 m13.7 mi
Polk HillWSW 248°366 m12.6 mi
Morton KnobWSW 251°365 m13.1 mi
Grandfather KnobE 89°363 m10.2 mi
Scales MountainSW 215°362 m12.3 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobWSW 257°361 m15.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:5315:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576674787770584739
Precip in4.34.54.75.64.85.15.23.83.63.73.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 6 mi away.

  • Bluegill14 obs
  • Canada Goose6 obs
  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • Virginia Springbeauty4 obs
  • Wood-candle4 obs
  • Widow's-cross4 obs
  • Swamp Cicada4 obs
  • eastern shooting star4 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 way/977899637

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