Foshee Pass Recreation Area
Foshee Pass Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 245 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wann Bluff, a cliff 1.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
How to reach it
- 17.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Boat Ramp: 1.9 mi
- Meigs County Park: 2.1 mi
- Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Hornsby Hollow Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Boat Ramp: 3.8 mi
- Iron Hill: 3.1 mi
- Ten Mile Knob: 6.1 mi
- River Knobs: 7.4 mi
- Presley Hill: 7.5 mi
- Ingle Rocks: 8.9 mi
- Wann Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Lillard Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Eaves Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Butcher Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Lower Piney Falls 40: 7.8 mi
- Upper Piney Falls 80: 7.8 mi
- Pine Branch Falls: 9.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 9.5 mi
- Ray Falls: 9.7 mi
- Sensaboy Spring: 4.0 mi
- Holloway Spring: 4.5 mi
- Moulton Spring: 5.0 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 5.5 mi
- Blue Spring: 6.8 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Troop 45: 9.2 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 18.5 mi
- William Jennings Bryan: 18.6 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 18.6 mi
- Piney Falls State Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Piney River Area: 9.9 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 10.4 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls State Natural Area: 10.7 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 13.3 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 6.4 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 9.0 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 10.2 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 17.5 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 18.6 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 6.4 mi
- Roadside Table: 7.1 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 16.4 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 21.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 16.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 16.6 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 16.9 mi
- The Lost Sea: 20.1 mi
- Caboose: 24.0 mi
- Cute: 6.1 mi
- Sam: 7.5 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Foshee Pass Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | WNW 303° | 931 m | 15.1 mi |
| Dorton Knob | NW 307° | 910 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NW 309° | 893 m | 15.1 mi |
| Brady Mountain | NW 313° | 893 m | 16.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 331° | 862 m | 16.3 mi |
| Luper Mountain | N 355° | 833 m | 20.4 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NNW 342° | 824 m | 18.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | N 349° | 811 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 7NE, 5 mi away.
- Osprey4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Black Vulture2 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron2 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- cardinal flower2 obs
- buttonbush2 obs
- lyreleaf sage2 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/356850688
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