Grasshopper Creek Recreation Area
Grasshopper Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 221 m. Worthington Knob stands 775 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Bluff, a cliff 1.1 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 221 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 26.6 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 27.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 27 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joe Smith Hill: 1.9 mi
- Murphy Hill: 3.4 mi
- Davis Hill: 4.4 mi
- Stokes Hill: 5.3 mi
- Bakewell Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Sale Creek Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Bear Branch Access Area: 2.8 mi
- Possum Creek Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park: 4.9 mi
- Blythe Ferry Goose Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Parker Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Hobo Bluff: 1.2 mi
- Pendergrass Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Goodman Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Jewell Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Conner Cemetery: 1.6 mi
- Site of Salem Baptist Church: 1.9 mi
- Hiwassee Campground: 4.4 mi
- History Wall: 4.8 mi
- Routes Amphitheater: 4.8 mi
- Little Possum Falls 25: 7.6 mi
- Richey Ridge Falls 18: 7.8 mi
- Imodium Falls: 8.0 mi
- McGill Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Legget Branch Falls 30: 8.5 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 12.6 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 14.5 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 15.0 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 16.1 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 16.6 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 4.8 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 10.6 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 15.7 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 18.4 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 20.7 mi
- Little Debbie: 19.8 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 19.8 mi
- Summertime: 22.6 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 22.6 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 24.6 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 11.4 mi
- M113: 20.6 mi
- Jeep: 20.6 mi
- UH-1: 20.6 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 24.8 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 12.9 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 13.2 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 17.7 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 20.0 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 15.4 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 20.2 mi
- rain garden: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 20.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 20.5 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 23.1 mi
- Cute: 23.4 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Grasshopper Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Knob | N 358° | 775 m | 23.9 mi |
| Clayton Knob | N 358° | 749 m | 23.5 mi |
| Buck Knob | WNW 288° | 693 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flat Mountain | WNW 282° | 684 m | 24.7 mi |
| Potato Knob | N 352° | 679 m | 20.9 mi |
| Vance Mountain | NW 304° | 632 m | 23.7 mi |
| Basin Mountain | NW 321° | 631 m | 20.8 mi |
| Little Mountain | NW 319° | 630 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:19 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:53 | 17:32 |
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 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 2SE, 9 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- Bald Eagle2 obs
- Carolina Wren2 obs
- Eastern Bluebird2 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- eastern hemlock2 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/1149760491
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- Chattanooga · 26 mi
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