Holmes Creek Recreation Area
Holmes Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 222 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Edgar Evins State Rustic Park, a park 2.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 222 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Hill: 7.3 mi
- Winfree Knob: 12.5 mi
- Mason Mountain: 12.8 mi
- Little Short Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Round Top Knob: 13.1 mi
- Edgar Evins State Rustic Park: 2.2 mi
- Floating Mill Park: 3.6 mi
- Hurricane Bridge Recreation Area: 3.9 mi
- Cove Hollow Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Center Hill Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 10.8 mi
- Burgess Falls: 12.5 mi
- Middle Falls: 12.5 mi
- Little Falls: 12.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 12.7 mi
- Gin Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Harris Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Petty Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 13.6 mi
- The Eads Museum: 16.8 mi
- Granville Museum: 17.4 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 17.6 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 19.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 20.3 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 20.7 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 5.9 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 8.3 mi
- Pinhook: 10.8 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 19.1 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 20.9 mi
- Spring Shelter: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Holmes Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | SW 219° | 635 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mason Mountain | SW 216° | 533 m | 12.8 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | SSW 206° | 522 m | 13.1 mi |
| Gum Spring Mountain | ESE 115° | 505 m | 17.3 mi |
| High Knob | ESE 115° | 505 m | 17.3 mi |
| Milksick Mountain | ESE 118° | 497 m | 23.8 mi |
| Phifer Mountain | ENE 78° | 487 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tandy Knob | SE 137° | 480 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster Edgar Evins Marina, 4 mi away.
- Wofford's wood mint6 obs
- Christmas fern5 obs
- American Redstart3 obs
- wild comfrey3 obs
- Common Loon2 obs
- Turkey Vulture2 obs
- eastern redcedar2 obs
- Butterweed2 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/356872636
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