Lost Creek Recreation Area
Lost Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 332 m. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is White Oak Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 332 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 9 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Oak Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Big Rock Island: 3.0 mi
- Brock Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Pond Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 1.7 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Thunder Rock Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 1.6 mi
- Lowry Falls: 5.6 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 6.1 mi
- Benton Falls: 7.3 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 7.3 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 7.0 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Company A: 11.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 11.7 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 11.6 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 11.6 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 12.6 mi
- Garden Tomb: 12.7 mi
- White Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Panther Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 22.5 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 11.6 mi
- Swift Museum: 17.0 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 17.1 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 20.6 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 22.9 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 2.5 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 23.3 mi
- Parksville Beach: 10.1 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.7 mi
- Shady Beach: 11.7 mi
- Poop Island: 24.4 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 22.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 22.2 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 23.1 mi
- Potatopatch Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Lost Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Frog Mountain | SSW 197° | 1,276 m | 11.7 mi |
| Chimneytop | SSW 197° | 1,137 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,017 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 149° | 1,016 m | 5.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SE 128° | 946 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | WNW 292° | 921 m | 5.5 mi |
| Licklog Top | S 188° | 901 m | 10.3 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 162° | 895 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 17 mi away.
- Canadian lousewort12 obs
- northern maidenhair fern11 obs
- Purple Phacelia10 obs
- dwarf crested iris8 obs
- Solomon's plume7 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain6 obs
- Little Brown Jugs6 obs
- cardinal flower5 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/356894946
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