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Mac Point Recreation Area

Mac Point Recreation Area from directly overhead

Mac Point Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Big Frog Mountain stands 1,276 m to the south-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Parksville Lake Recreation Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
255 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.11225, -84.58880

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 13
Waterfalls: 12
  • Rock Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Benton Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Big Lost Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Lowry Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • CSA Soldiers Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Nancy Ward Tomb: 6.3 mi
  • Fort Marr Blockhouse: 8.9 mi
  • Conasauga Native Americal Wall: 10.4 mi
  • Fred Stone: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 22.5 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 1
  • BSUMC Giving Garden: 16.7 mi
Springs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Cohutta Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Face: 22.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Mac Point Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Frog MountainSSE 156°1,276 m8.4 mi
ChimneytopSSE 151°1,137 m7.7 mi
Hemp TopSSE 158°1,089 m10.5 mi
Buckeye MountainS 179°1,074 m12.7 mi
Little Frog MountainE 97°1,017 m9.6 mi
Sassafras KnobE 97°1,016 m9.6 mi
Mule TopSSE 160°948 m13.2 mi
Smith MountainE 89°946 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4319:1719:50
June solstice06:2520:1920:57
September equinox07:2719:0319:37
December solstice07:4416:5217:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451606875787872604942
Precip in5.24.95.65.04.64.95.13.84.73.54.95.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 14 mi away.

  • fan clubmoss15 obs
  • mountain laurel14 obs
  • partridgeberry14 obs
  • woodland pinkroot14 obs
  • bashful wakerobin12 obs
  • American sweetgum10 obs
  • fire pink10 obs
  • strawberry bush10 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/356885410

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