Moccasin Bend National Archeological District
Moccasin Bend National Archeological District is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Ross Historical Site & Plackard, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 0.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 13.8 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Spiral Park: 1.1 mi
- Tennesse Riverwalk: 1.2 mi
- Tennessee Riverpark Wheland Foundry Trailhead: 1.3 mi
- John C. Wilson Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Point Park: 1.5 mi
- Cameron Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 2.7 mi
- Raccoon Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Elder Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Hicks Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Camp Ross Historical Site & Plackard: 0.9 mi
- Iowa Monument: 1.3 mi
- New York State Monument at Lookout Ridge: 1.3 mi
- Grose's Brigade and Regimental monuments at Lookout Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Ohio Monument: 1.3 mi
- Ruby Falls: 0.9 mi
- Cravens House: 1.3 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 2.9 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 3.8 mi
- Freedom Church: 4.9 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 3.1 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 3.1 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 3.1 mi
- High Falls: 4.1 mi
- Blowing Wind Falls: 6.1 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 4.5 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 4.5 mi
- Williams Point: 5.3 mi
- James Point: 5.6 mi
- Wilder Point: 5.7 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 1.4 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 1.6 mi
- Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum: 2.1 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum: 2.1 mi
- Moonrise: 1.3 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 1.4 mi
- Resurgence I: 1.5 mi
- Resurgence II: 1.5 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 2.7 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 8.7 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.2 mi
- Audubon Acres: 9.3 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 10.4 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 1.8 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 2.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 2.2 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Obar Spring: 3.8 mi
- Straight Spring: 4.0 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 6.6 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 11.5 mi
- Taylor Spring: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 13.8 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 15.8 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 7.9 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 10.8 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 14.8 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 15.2 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 10.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 12.3 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 21.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Moccasin Bend National Archeological District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SSW 195° | 647 m | 14.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 10° | 625 m | 23.0 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 333° | 624.84 m | 11.6 mi |
| Round Knob | N 350° | 601 m | 8.6 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 3° | 595 m | 12.4 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SSW 212° | 591 m | 24.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SSW 212° | 584 m | 23.4 mi |
| Deerstand Hill | W 270° | 572 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout Mtn-point Park, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer138 obs
- Wild Turkey94 obs
- Amur honeysuckle69 obs
- American trumpet vine62 obs
- kudzu58 obs
- American pokeweed52 obs
- Joro Spider51 obs
- Christmas fern50 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 86003510OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/657092259
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