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Grundy Forest State Natural Area

Grundy Forest State Natural Area from directly overhead

Grundy Forest State Natural Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 533 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hole Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
533 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.25036, -85.75025

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • South Cumberland Visitor Center: 2.2 mi
  • Grundy Lakes Game Preserve: 2.4 mi
  • Harton Park: 4.9 mi
  • Appalachian Conservation Institute: 7.4 mi
  • Manigault Park: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 27
Waterfalls: 24
  • Blue Hole Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Small Waterfall: 0.2 mi
  • Black Canyon Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Hanes Hole Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Sycamore Falls: 0.4 mi
Springs: 19
  • Cave Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Pryor Cave Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Dogwood Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Schwoon Spring: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 6.2 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 6.3 mi
  • Saddleback Platform: 18.2 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.9 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 20.9 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 20.9 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 21.0 mi
  • Franklin County Mural: 21.0 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 11.7 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foster Falls Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Grundy Forest State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ross MountainNE 52°715 m11.4 mi
Bunker HillENE 61°703 m15.6 mi
Lockhart HillNE 47°694 m21.0 mi
Price MountainNE 45°689 m19.8 mi
Flat MountainNE 54°684 m19.7 mi
Stocker HillNE 44°654 m9.4 mi
Clouse HillNW 320°634 m3.9 mi
West RamseyNNW 329°627 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2118:55
June solstice05:2919:2420:02
September equinox06:3218:0818:41
December solstice06:4915:5616:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566471747368574739
Precip in5.75.86.36.35.35.86.44.84.64.15.26.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monteagle, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cucumber Root89 obs
  • partridgeberry76 obs
  • pink lady's slipper70 obs
  • mountain laurel58 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain50 obs
  • eastern hemlock47 obs
  • crane-fly orchid37 obs
  • bigleaf magnolia34 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356850021

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