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Lenior City Area Recreation Complex

Lenior City Area Recreation Complex from directly overhead

Lenior City Area Recreation Complex is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 273 m. American Knob stands 984 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Springs Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 27 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
273 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.80104, -84.27409

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 33
Cliffs: 21
Museums: 20
Springs: 13
  • Hardin Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 2.3 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Herron Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 8
Attractions: 7
  • Caboose: 5.3 mi
  • Greenback Castle: 13.9 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 17.3 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 20.3 mi
  • Aspire: 21.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 7.5 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 18.0 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 18.4 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Lenior City Area Recreation Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
American KnobNNW 344°984 m21.2 mi
Big Brushy MountainNNW 338°979 m20.5 mi
Flagpole KnobNNW 338°977 m20.5 mi
Toddy MountainN 349°971 m21.1 mi
Jackson MountainNNW 340°768 m20.2 mi
Little Brushy MountainNNW 337°715 m19.9 mi
Big MountainNNW 343°712 m20.6 mi
Cooke KnobNW 314°505 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:49
June solstice06:2220:1920:57
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4416:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775797872604942
Precip in5.05.25.15.24.34.25.13.84.23.04.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 1 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • American Robin5 obs
  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs
  • North American Luna Moth4 obs
  • Japanese honeysuckle4 obs
  • White Bass4 obs
  • Central Ratsnake4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/303898793

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