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Limestone Cove Recreation Area

Limestone Cove Recreation Area from directly overhead

Limestone Cove Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 679 m. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Unaka Mountain Recreation Area, a park 2.2 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
679 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.17567, -82.29625

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Waterfalls: 29
  • Red Fork Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Big Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 29
Historic sites: 25
Museums: 15
Artworks: 10
  • Junaluska: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 17.9 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 17.9 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 17.9 mi
  • Stream: 17.9 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 10.2 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 10.3 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 14.0 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 22.6 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 4
  • ETSU Community Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 22.0 mi
  • Mountain Gardens: 23.7 mi
  • Terrace garden: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.9 mi
  • Linville Falls Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.9 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Limestone Cove Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roan High KnobESE 117°1,916 m10.9 mi
Cloudland MountainESE 118°1,883 m10.5 mi
Beartown MountainESE 114°1,674 m9.7 mi
Unaka MountainS 181°1,579 m2.9 mi
Yellow SpotSE 135°1,554 m9.9 mi
Fork MountainSE 132°1,521 m9.8 mi
Little Rock KnobESE 102°1,499 m8.4 mi
FlattopSW 216°1,432 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1320:1220:50
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • wineberry10 obs
  • pink turtlehead10 obs
  • Weller's Salamander9 obs
  • pale jewelweed8 obs
  • great blue lobelia8 obs
  • multiflora rose7 obs
  • chicory6 obs
  • Banded Tussock Moth6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356895459

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