Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area
Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Big Fodderstack stands 1,013 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Melton Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee Valley Authority
How to reach it
- 23.6 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Melton Hill: 2.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Pine Top: 4.5 mi
- High Point: 6.5 mi
- Fanny Knob: 6.6 mi
- Rutain Park: 2.3 mi
- Hickory Creek Park: 2.8 mi
- Academy Park: 2.8 mi
- Hardin Valley Park: 3.6 mi
- Mayor Bob Leonard Park: 4.1 mi
- Lenoir Cotton Mill: 6.5 mi
- K-29: 6.6 mi
- K-731: 6.6 mi
- K-25 (Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant): 6.6 mi
- K-27: 6.7 mi
- K-25 History Center: 6.4 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 6.5 mi
- The Oak Ridge History Museum: 9.3 mi
- American Museum of Science and Energy: 9.4 mi
- Oak Ridge Children's Museum: 9.9 mi
- Stubbs Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Bull Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Hewitt Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Mizell Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Blair Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Hardin Spring: 6.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 6.0 mi
- Poplar Spring: 6.6 mi
- Herron Spring: 7.3 mi
- Poplar Spring: 9.3 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 15.1 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 20.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 20.6 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 20.6 mi
- Caboose: 9.8 mi
- Aspire: 17.4 mi
- Abandoned Train: 19.1 mi
- Greenback Castle: 19.5 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 20.3 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 23.3 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 23.8 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 23.9 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 24.6 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.1 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 21.3 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 21.3 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 22.8 mi
- Wheat: 5.7 mi
- Fork Mountain: 18.3 mi
- Montgomery: 23.9 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 8.0 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 14.8 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 16.7 mi
- Debord Falls: 20.5 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Melton Hill Dam Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Fodderstack | NNW 337° | 1,013 m | 17.0 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | N 358° | 1,008 m | 19.4 mi |
| Frozen Head | NNW 332° | 1,001 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | N 5° | 993 m | 18.5 mi |
| American Knob | NNW 343° | 984 m | 15.5 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | N 351° | 984 m | 17.4 mi |
| Big Brushy Mountain | NNW 335° | 979 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | NNW 335° | 977 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 7 mi away.
- princess tree9 obs
- common pawpaw8 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle6 obs
- tree-of-heaven6 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee6 obs
- Hackberry Dagger6 obs
- mayapple5 obs
- Hackberry Emperor5 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 way/1003124438
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