McMinn County Bicentennial Park
McMinn County Bicentennial Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome stands 921 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Knox Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 17 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Knox Park: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 2.7 mi
- McMinn Field: 3.4 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
- Market Park: 3.6 mi
- The Knobs: 2.6 mi
- Red Hills: 2.9 mi
- Kelly Hill: 3.0 mi
- Goat Knob: 5.6 mi
- Cartwright Knob: 5.7 mi
- M60 Tank: 1.3 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Company A: 5.9 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 10.7 mi
- Ward Bluff: 8.6 mi
- White Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Eads Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Swift Museum: 1.9 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 3.6 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 5.9 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 14.2 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 16.6 mi
- Lowry Falls: 12.0 mi
- Benton Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 18.2 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 18.7 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 9.7 mi
- Sensaboy Spring: 21.7 mi
- Holloway Spring: 22.5 mi
- Blue Spring: 23.9 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 5.8 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 5.9 mi
- The Lost Sea: 13.5 mi
- Parksville Beach: 19.9 mi
- Shady Beach: 21.9 mi
- Shady Beach: 21.9 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 6.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 6.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 15.6 mi
- Cute: 15.1 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of McMinn County Bicentennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | S 173° | 921 m | 13.8 mi |
| Lowry Top | SSE 166° | 818 m | 13.1 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | SSE 152° | 768 m | 10.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 120° | 721 m | 10.7 mi |
| Presswood Mountain | S 173° | 700 m | 14.9 mi |
| Borin Top | ESE 120° | 676 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cataska Mountain | ESE 120° | 676 m | 15.6 mi |
| Borin Top | ESE 120° | 675 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:20 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 3 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal2 obs
- American Nursery Web Spider2 obs
- Flame Azalea2 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- Common Raccoon1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- Persian silk tree1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1063424083
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