Monks Corner TVA Small Wild Area
Monks Corner TVA Small Wild Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 339 m. Bryson Mountain stands 976 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monks Corner, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 5.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 339 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the East Tennessee Crossing, National
- 17.1 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Wilderness Road Heritage Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 18 mi
- Cumberland Gap Pinnacle Overlook · 18 mi
- Pinnacle Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Weaver Knob: 4.2 mi
- Weavers Knob: 4.7 mi
- Bailey Knob: 5.1 mi
- McLean Rock: 7.4 mi
- McLean Rock: 7.4 mi
- Sharps Chapel Park: 4.3 mi
- Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Wells Springs Access Point: 7.1 mi
- Kincaid Historical Monument: 9.1 mi
- Little Stream Park: 10.1 mi
- Sharps Chapel: 3.9 mi
- Loyston: 10.0 mi
- Agee: 11.7 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 21.2 mi
- Monks Corner: 0.1 mi
- Big Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Sheeplick Point: 9.3 mi
- Hangover Rock: 10.7 mi
- Signal Point: 16.1 mi
- Roy Acuff Union Museum & Library: 9.8 mi
- Campbell County Historical: 15.0 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 17.2 mi
- Norris Museum: 17.8 mi
- First House In Blaine: 18.1 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center: 11.8 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 19.4 mi
- Buffalo Springs State Game Farm: 20.3 mi
- Indian Cave Park: 20.8 mi
- Otey Mill Spring: 12.8 mi
- Butchers Spring: 15.7 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 17.2 mi
- Tri-State Point: 17.8 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Whitley County Welcome Center Northbound: 21.3 mi
- Loyston: 10.0 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Monks Corner TVA Small Wild Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryson Mountain | N 4° | 976 m | 12.7 mi |
| Stout Knob | NW 317° | 892 m | 8.4 mi |
| Nicholson Mountain | NNE 17° | 873 m | 13.0 mi |
| Rich Mountain | N 356° | 860 m | 13.4 mi |
| Walnut Mountain | W 280° | 859 m | 20.1 mi |
| Koker Knob | NW 308° | 850 m | 9.7 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | N 357° | 803 m | 10.5 mi |
| Steamboat Rock | WNW 286° | 779 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:13 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:19 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:00 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:44 | 17:24 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norris, 17 mi away.
- American tuliptree2 obs
- putty root2 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Common Watersnake1 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- American Beaver1 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1 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/356867583
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