Fall Creek Falls State Park
Fall Creek Falls State Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 527 m. Clayton Knob stands 749 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is George's Hole, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 527 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bradden Knob: 2.2 mi
- Buzzards Roost: 2.2 mi
- Kellog Knob: 2.5 mi
- Blair Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- Bledsoe County Ball Park: 8.6 mi
- Spencer City Park: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Park: 9.2 mi
- Pikeville City Park: 9.3 mi
- Rockhouse Creek Falls: 0.6 mi
- Canes Creek Cascades;Cane Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Cane Creek Falls: 0.7 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Coon Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
- Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 18.0 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 18.6 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 21.3 mi
- Head of Sequatchie Area: 21.6 mi
- George's Hole: 0.5 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 1.1 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 14.1 mi
- Sunset Rock: 19.0 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 19.2 mi
- Medley Arch: 5.5 mi
- Copper Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Raven Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Johnson Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 9.3 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 19.4 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 19.0 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 21.5 mi
- William Jennings Bryan: 21.6 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 21.6 mi
- George's Hole: 0.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 14.3 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 21.2 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Fall Creek Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton Knob | E 84° | 749 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | SSW 210° | 694 m | 15.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | E 94° | 679 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | SW 224° | 670 m | 12.2 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | SSW 210° | 664 m | 14.1 mi |
| Wright Mountain | SSW 209° | 649 m | 6.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | SW 218° | 649 m | 12.5 mi |
| Hitchcox Mountain | SSW 209° | 647 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fall Creek Falls SP, 2 mi away.
- mountain laurel69 obs
- bigleaf magnolia42 obs
- eastern hemlock34 obs
- Snakewort30 obs
- crane-fly orchid30 obs
- American holly28 obs
- striped wintergreen28 obs
- partridgeberry28 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.
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