Johnson Chapel Recreation Area
Johnson Chapel Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Center Hill-Fancher Falls, a waterfall 2.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Walker Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Gum Spring Mountain: 9.4 mi
- High Knob: 9.4 mi
- Miller Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Goulden Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Ragland Bottom Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Window Cliffs State Natural Area - Burgess Falls State Park: 4.3 mi
- Window Cliffs State Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- Burgess Falls State Park: 5.0 mi
- Hurricane Bridge Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 2.2 mi
- Middle Falls: 4.7 mi
- Burgess Falls: 4.8 mi
- Little Falls: 4.9 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 10.5 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 13.9 mi
- Depot Museum: 14.2 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 14.3 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 14.4 mi
- Harris Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Gin Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 23.2 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 10.9 mi
- Sunset Rock: 16.8 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 23.3 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 23.9 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 13.1 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 22.9 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 14.5 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 15.0 mi
- Pinhook: 7.2 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 12.3 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Johnson Chapel Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | WSW 241° | 635 m | 19.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | ESE 111° | 610 m | 22.0 mi |
| Little Chestnut Mountain | ESE 119° | 587 m | 20.7 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | ENE 71° | 561 m | 16.4 mi |
| Willet Mountain | NE 53° | 560 m | 20.7 mi |
| Baker Mountain | SSE 162° | 554 m | 21.7 mi |
| Little Top | SE 131° | 537 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mason Mountain | WSW 240° | 533 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville 2 SE, 8 mi away.
- Reddish-brown Stag Beetle3 obs
- American tuliptree2 obs
- American Toad2 obs
- Sora1 obs
- Eastern Phoebe1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander1 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander1 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/356872651
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