Harrison Branch Recreation Area
Harrison Branch Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Parson Bald stands 1,442 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Roost, a peak 0.5 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee Valley Authority
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 27.4 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 15 mi
- Whig Cove · 16 mi
- Haw Knob · 17 mi
- Santeetlah Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Roost: 0.5 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pictured Pine Knob: 2.7 mi
- Bunker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Stratton Knob: 2.9 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Tallassee Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Toqua Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- McGee Carson Peninsula State Historic Park: 6.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.5 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 9.9 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 11.3 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 11.9 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Morton Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 2.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 2.3 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 7.0 mi
- McGhee: 7.8 mi
- Morganton: 10.0 mi
- Greenback Castle: 6.3 mi
- Tree of Shame: 11.3 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 15.6 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 16.1 mi
- The Lost Sea: 19.2 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 7.3 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 8.8 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 16.0 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 17.2 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 19.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 18.3 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 21.4 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Poplar Spring: 17.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 19.6 mi
- Hardin Spring: 19.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 23.8 mi
- Calderwood: 6.8 mi
- Proctor: 21.2 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 13.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.3 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Harrison Branch Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parson Bald | ESE 102° | 1,441.65 m | 11.9 mi |
| Rockstack | SSE 158° | 1,335 m | 11.5 mi |
| High Point | E 96° | 1,328.6 m | 12.6 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | SSE 160° | 1,321 m | 10.2 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSE 157° | 1,319 m | 12.0 mi |
| Brush Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,218 m | 12.4 mi |
| Ikes Peak | S 170° | 1,155 m | 11.7 mi |
| Ikes Peak | S 170° | 1,155 m | 11.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 11 mi away.
- Green Anole11 obs
- Redline Darter9 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake6 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail6 obs
- American columbo6 obs
- fire pink5 obs
- American trumpet vine5 obs
- striped wintergreen5 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/1047329591
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