Forest Park
Forest Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 460 m. Camp Creek Bald stands 1,480 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hardin's Park, a park 0.4 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 460 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 16.9 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 20.9 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
- 25.0 mi off the French Broad Overview
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Knob: 7.8 mi
- Babbs Knob: 7.9 mi
- Joe Knob: 8.0 mi
- Jordan Knob: 8.0 mi
- Marshall Knob: 8.1 mi
- Hardin's Park: 0.4 mi
- Andrew Johnson National Historic Site: 0.7 mi
- Gertrude Fox Park: 0.8 mi
- The Big Spring: 1.0 mi
- Clyde Austin 4-H Center: 3.3 mi
- Camp Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Margarette Falls: 9.8 mi
- Pete's Branch Falls: 11.8 mi
- Kelly Falls: 12.3 mi
- Squibb Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Whiterock Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Baxter Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Yarprough Cliff: 12.6 mi
- McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 0.7 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 0.8 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 16.2 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 16.8 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 18.2 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 0.7 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 0.7 mi
- Doak House Museum: 4.6 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 10.9 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 15.2 mi
- Overlook Access: 12.2 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 13.3 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.6 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 21.3 mi
- Burnett Spring: 24.0 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 12.8 mi
- I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 14.2 mi
- Wasp: 21.3 mi
- CDC Totem Pole: 21.6 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Creek Bald | SE 142° | 1,480 m | 11.5 mi |
| Green Ridge Knob | ESE 121° | 1,480 m | 14.5 mi |
| Gravel Knob | ESE 118° | 1,478 m | 13.6 mi |
| Big Butt | ESE 118° | 1,467 m | 13.2 mi |
| Little Bald Mountain | SE 141° | 1,438 m | 11.3 mi |
| Big Firescald Knob | SE 133° | 1,382 m | 11.8 mi |
| Little Firescald Knob | SE 136° | 1,373 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 126° | 1,327 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:15 | 20:14 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:41 | 17:21 |
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 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greeneville EXP STN, 3 mi away.
- Canada Goose65 obs
- Northern Mockingbird25 obs
- American Robin23 obs
- Mourning Dove14 obs
- European Starling14 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel14 obs
- House Sparrow13 obs
- Mallard12 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/560768586
Day trips start here
- Johnson City · 29 mi
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