Hamilton County Park
Hamilton County Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Buck Knob stands 693 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chester Frost Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.7 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 24.2 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 17 mi
- Ropers Rock · 17 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 17 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chester Frost Park: 0.0 mi
- Chester Frost Park: 0.2 mi
- Camp Columbus: 0.9 mi
- Harrison Bay State Park: 1.4 mi
- Community area / Playrground: 1.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.1 mi
- Locust Hill: 4.1 mi
- Oliver Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mailbox Hill: 6.5 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Hamilton Memorial Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Site #2 - Ore Car Path: 7.3 mi
- Site #4 - Incline Control House: 7.3 mi
- Site #6 - Mule Barn: 7.3 mi
- Site #1 - Fibrothers Mine: 7.3 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 12.5 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 12.7 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 14.1 mi
- Freedom Church: 14.7 mi
- The Suck: 14.8 mi
- Clear Branch Falls 40: 6.4 mi
- Power Line Falls 140: 6.6 mi
- Hogskin Branch: 6.8 mi
- Stripmine Falls: 7.4 mi
- Falling Water Falls 110: 8.0 mi
- Gann Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Harrison Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Grays Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Denny Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Cumberland Escarpment: 9.0 mi
- Little Debbie: 9.6 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 9.6 mi
- Summertime: 10.3 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 10.3 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 12.5 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 5.2 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 5.3 mi
- Enterprise South Nature Park: 6.5 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 6.8 mi
- rain garden: 10.3 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 10.5 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 13.0 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 13.5 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 13.6 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 0.7 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 1.4 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 5.3 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 7.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 17.6 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 13.1 mi
- Straight Spring: 18.4 mi
- Obar Spring: 18.6 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 23.3 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 16.3 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 20.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Hamilton County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | NNW 331° | 693 m | 17.9 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNW 330° | 625 m | 14.1 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | W 270° | 624.84 m | 16.5 mi |
| Round Knob | W 261° | 601 m | 13.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | W 280° | 595 m | 10.7 mi |
| Elder Mountain | WSW 249° | 569 m | 15.4 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | WSW 236° | 563 m | 17.0 mi |
| The Hellican | WNW 289° | 562 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:19 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:27 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:54 | 17:33 |
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 | 59 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Soddy Daisy-mowbray MTN, 9 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer112 obs
- Great Blue Heron74 obs
- Mallard70 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker51 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
- American sweetgum45 obs
- eastern redcedar38 obs
- American Coot33 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/659252124
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 14 mi
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