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Lost Creek Public Use Area

Lost Creek Public Use Area from directly overhead

Lost Creek Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 276 m. High Top stands 574 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Creek Public Use Area, a park 1.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
276 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.25896, -86.30360

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 56
Cliffs: 21
Nature reserves: 8
Museums: 8
  • Moore County Old Jail Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Tullahoma History Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Hands-On Science Center: 9.5 mi
  • Cowan Railroad Museum: 17.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Jack Daniel: 3.9 mi
  • B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 12.2 mi
  • Memorial Cross: 21.2 mi
  • Rebel's Rest: 21.9 mi
  • Bellbuckle Caboose: 23.0 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Franklin County Mural: 11.8 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 11.9 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 11.9 mi
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 3
Springs: 3
  • Natural Spring House: 10.0 mi
  • Short Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Polly Anne Spring: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Lost Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High TopESE 102°574 m17.8 mi
Johnson TopS 182°568 m19.6 mi
Flat TopSE 142°567 m14.8 mi
Crane TopSE 135°562 m16.9 mi
Talley TopSSE 162°558 m17.5 mi
High TopS 185°557 m22.0 mi
Big TopSSE 156°555 m18.2 mi
Husky TopS 176°551 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:57
June solstice05:3219:2620:04
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5115:5816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149576674787670594840
Precip in5.45.26.15.65.35.54.74.64.63.54.86.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg, 4 mi away.

  • Carolina horsenettle2 obs
  • Christmas fern2 obs
  • tree-of-heaven2 obs
  • Carolina buckthorn2 obs
  • mock strawberry2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Green Heron1 obs
  • Canada Goose1 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 node/356866537

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