Knox Park
Knox Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is McMinn County Bicentennial Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 17 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McMinn County Bicentennial Park: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 3.0 mi
- McMinn Field: 3.9 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Market Park: 4.0 mi
- The Knobs: 2.7 mi
- Kelly Hill: 3.1 mi
- Red Hills: 3.6 mi
- Goat Knob: 4.8 mi
- Cartwright Knob: 5.0 mi
- M60 Tank: 0.8 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Company A: 5.2 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 10.3 mi
- Ward Bluff: 9.4 mi
- White Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Eads Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Swift Museum: 1.4 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 5.2 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 14.9 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 15.9 mi
- Lowry Falls: 11.5 mi
- Benton Falls: 16.8 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 17.4 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 18.2 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 10.2 mi
- Sensaboy Spring: 22.2 mi
- Holloway Spring: 23.0 mi
- Blue Spring: 24.4 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 5.1 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 5.2 mi
- The Lost Sea: 13.3 mi
- Parksville Beach: 19.6 mi
- Shady Beach: 21.6 mi
- Shady Beach: 21.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 6.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 7.0 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 15.0 mi
- Cute: 15.8 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Knox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | S 175° | 921 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lowry Top | S 169° | 818 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SSE 155° | 768 m | 10.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 121° | 721 m | 9.9 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | S 175° | 700 m | 14.5 mi |
| Borin Top | ESE 120° | 676 m | 14.8 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | ESE 120° | 676 m | 14.8 mi |
| Borin Top | ESE 120° | 675 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:20 | 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: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 3 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal2 obs
- Putnam's Jumping Spider2 obs
- Common Five-lined Skink2 obs
- American Nursery Web Spider2 obs
- Flame Azalea2 obs
- Saddleback Caterpillar Moth2 obs
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 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/356883060
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