Hiwassee River Recreation Area
Hiwassee River Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 230 m. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowry Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 230 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.1 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 7 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quinn Springs Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 1.1 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 3.9 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Gee Knob: 1.1 mi
- Lowry Top: 1.3 mi
- Starr Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome: 2.6 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 1.4 mi
- Company A: 6.9 mi
- World War I Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 7.0 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 6.9 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 6.9 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 17.3 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 17.4 mi
- Garden Tomb: 17.4 mi
- Lowry Falls: 0.2 mi
- Benton Falls: 6.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 7.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 9.3 mi
- White Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Ward Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Eads Bluff: 20.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 6.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 12.0 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 15.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 16.5 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 19.9 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 5.0 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
- Parksville Beach: 10.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.1 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 16.6 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 16.7 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 20.0 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Hiwassee River Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SE 145° | 1,017 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 145° | 1,016 m | 11.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SE 134° | 946 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SW 214° | 921 m | 2.6 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 152° | 895 m | 11.9 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | S 175° | 864 m | 12.2 mi |
| Lowry Top | S 190° | 818 m | 1.3 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | NE 42° | 768 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 15 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells23 obs
- fire pink19 obs
- partridgeberry16 obs
- Southern Red-backed Salamander13 obs
- bloodroot13 obs
- yellow wakerobin13 obs
- Warpaint Shiner13 obs
- strawberry bush11 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 node/356895454
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