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Lions Park

Lions Park from directly overhead

Lions Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 487 m. Unaka Mountain stands 1,579 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Civitan Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Trail of the Lonesome Pine / Daniel Boone Heritage Trail passes 22 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1958
Elevation
487 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Johnson City Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.33927, -82.34129
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 28
Cliffs: 28
Waterfalls: 22
  • Laurel Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Red Fork Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 14.7 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 15.6 mi
Museums: 12
Attractions: 7
  • Johnson City Sign: 1.6 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 1.7 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 11.4 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 12.2 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 12.2 mi
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
Gardens: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Lions Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Unaka MountainS 170°1,579 m14.4 mi
Piney BallSSE 161°1,288 m14.9 mi
Big BallSSE 166°1,254 m15.0 mi
Clarke MountainSE 146°1,250 m14.1 mi
Stone MountainSSE 155°1,129 m9.8 mi
Fork MountainESE 123°1,101 m11.0 mi
Pinnacle MountainS 191°1,074 m8.6 mi
Campbell Pen KnobESE 117°1,068 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1320:1320:51
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3816:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947566471757468574639
Precip in3.83.84.03.84.45.25.94.23.02.83.43.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elizabethton, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail83 obs
  • Monarch75 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee53 obs
  • sharp-lobed hepatica46 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee45 obs
  • Huron Skipper37 obs
  • American Robin36 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle35 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/123417796

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