Indian Boundary Recreation Area
Indian Boundary Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 552 m. Huckleberry Knob stands 1,696 m to the southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Flats Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 552 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Forest Service
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 18.8 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 22.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 6 mi
- Whig Cove · 7 mi
- Haw Knob · 8 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Flats Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hemlock Knob: 2.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Ikes Peak: 3.3 mi
- Ikes Peak: 3.3 mi
- Double Camp Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Cherokee Wildlife Management Area: 1.8 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 3.2 mi
- Fall Branch Scenic Area: 4.0 mi
- Swan Cabin: 6.6 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 4.0 mi
- Baby Falls: 6.4 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bald River Falls: 6.6 mi
- Violet Falls: 7.1 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 10.3 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Chota Monument: 10.7 mi
- Tellico Plains Veterans Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 14.5 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 10.4 mi
- Tree of Shame: 11.6 mi
- Greenback Castle: 15.5 mi
- The Lost Sea: 20.4 mi
- All Nations Cross: 20.5 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Morton Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Morton Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 10.9 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 13.7 mi
- Junaluska Museum: 17.8 mi
- Graham County Historical Association: 17.8 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 18.3 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 23.6 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 23.9 mi
- Calderwood: 9.6 mi
- Proctor: 22.1 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Indian Boundary Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huckleberry Knob | SE 130° | 1,696 m | 8.5 mi |
| Haw Knob | SE 144° | 1,662 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hooper Bald | SE 135° | 1,650 m | 9.2 mi |
| Big Junction | SE 144° | 1,638 m | 8.5 mi |
| Little Huckleberry Knob | SE 127° | 1,636 m | 8.2 mi |
| Laurel Top | SE 146° | 1,615 m | 8.7 mi |
| Little Haw Knob | SE 145° | 1,562 m | 7.2 mi |
| Grassy Top | SSE 152° | 1,514 m | 8.8 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 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:49 | 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, 10 mi away.
- Pharaoh Cicada99 obs
- crane-fly orchid29 obs
- galax24 obs
- Christmas fern21 obs
- striped wintergreen19 obs
- fan clubmoss18 obs
- Little Brown Jugs17 obs
- rattlesnake fern16 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/356895465
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