Houston Valley Recreation Area
Houston Valley Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 536 m. Bluff Mountain stands 1,430 m to the south-southeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Creek Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 2.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 536 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 8.0 mi off the Appalachian Medley
- 17.4 mi off the French Broad Overview
- 21.1 mi off the Interstate 26 Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brush Creek Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Buffalo Rock: 2.0 mi
- Paint Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Cross Mountain: 2.4 mi
- French Broad Recreation Site: 3.1 mi
- Paint Creek Recreation Area: 4.2 mi
- Andrew Johnson Wildlife Management Area: 8.0 mi
- Rich-Laurel Wildlife Area: 8.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Branch Recreation Area: 8.7 mi
- Ricker Branch Falls: 4.2 mi
- Dudley Falls: 4.2 mi
- Kelly Falls: 5.3 mi
- Wolf Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Spring Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Chimney Rocks: 2.3 mi
- Stony Spur Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Vann Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Stanley Cliff: 11.2 mi
- Blackstack Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 3.6 mi
- Dixie Highway Monument: 8.0 mi
- Shelton Laurel Massacre: 11.3 mi
- McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 14.9 mi
- Valentine Sevier Home: 15.0 mi
- Big Rock Spring: 8.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.9 mi
- Burnett Spring: 13.4 mi
- Wildcat Spring: 13.7 mi
- Whiteoak Spring: 14.2 mi
- The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 14.9 mi
- City Garage Car Museum: 14.9 mi
- Doak House Museum: 17.6 mi
- Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 21.5 mi
- Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 21.6 mi
- Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Love Road Picnic: 3.8 mi
- Murray Branch Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Overlook Access: 5.3 mi
- Cold Springs Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- French Broad Rafting: 14.8 mi
- Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 15.3 mi
- Forbidden Caverns: 23.0 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County: 15.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.9 mi
- I-81 Jefferson County West: 24.7 mi
- Wasp: 7.6 mi
- Marshall Nature Sanctuary: 19.2 mi
- Van Lester Estate: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Houston Valley Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,430 m | 8.7 mi |
| Max Patch Mountain | S 184° | 1,407 m | 11.6 mi |
| Tennessee Bluff | S 170° | 1,406 m | 8.6 mi |
| Rich Mountain | S 182° | 1,311 m | 10.0 mi |
| Laurel Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,311 m | 10.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | S 187° | 1,290 m | 8.0 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | S 178° | 1,276 m | 8.7 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | S 182° | 1,226 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:10 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:16 | 20:14 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:42 | 17:22 |
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 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 8 mi away.
- Carolina Vetch5 obs
- Red Salamander4 obs
- Eastern Newt4 obs
- pink lady's slipper4 obs
- fire pink4 obs
- yellow wakerobin4 obs
- purple crownvetch4 obs
- striped wintergreen3 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/356895466
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