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Gibbs Ferry Park

Gibbs Ferry Park from directly overhead

Gibbs Ferry Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 244 m. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the north-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Bottom Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 9.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.06942, -84.18633

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 25
Cliffs: 16
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Aspire: 3.8 mi
  • Norris Dam Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
  • Abandoned Train: 12.3 mi
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 16.4 mi
  • Ramsey House Plantation: 21.5 mi
Springs: 7
  • Herron Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Massengil Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emory Gap Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Debord Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Boyd Hollow Falls: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Gibbs Ferry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The Flag PoleNNW 344°1,075 m9.2 mi
Cross MountainNNW 344°1,075 m9.2 mi
Redoak MountainNNW 335°1,027 m8.7 mi
Big FodderstackWNW 282°1,013 m13.1 mi
Buffalo MountainNW 313°1,008 m9.4 mi
Hurricane MountainNNW 341°1,007 m15.3 mi
Stallion MountainWNW 291°1,007 m15.3 mi
Frozen HeadWNW 284°1,001 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2120:2020:58
September equinox07:2519:0119:35
December solstice07:4516:4717:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351606876797872614942
Precip in5.15.65.15.24.14.65.53.53.83.14.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Ridge Asos, 4 mi away.

  • prairie dock24 obs
  • Rosepink19 obs
  • fan clubmoss19 obs
  • tall thimbleweed17 obs
  • grey-headed coneflower15 obs
  • butterfly milkweed11 obs
  • dense blazing star10 obs
  • wild potato vine10 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/970692899

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