Norris Dam State Park
Norris Dam State Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 376 m. The Flag Pole stands 1,075 m to the west-southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Norris Dam Visitor Center, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 376 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 7.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Norris Dam Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Bluff Small Wild Area: 2.0 mi
- Pine Hill Community Park: 3.6 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 4.6 mi
- Cove Lake State: 7.5 mi
- Asbury Park: 7.7 mi
- High Point: 2.5 mi
- Observation Point: 3.0 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 3.3 mi
- Militia Hill: 4.0 mi
- Vowell Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Top Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Ghosts of Convict Miners: 3.5 mi
- Fort Anderson: 3.6 mi
- Fire on Coal Creek: 3.7 mi
- American Chestnuts: 3.7 mi
- Lenoir Museum: 2.7 mi
- Coal Creek Miners Museum: 2.9 mi
- Norris Museum: 3.6 mi
- Museum of Appalachia: 4.6 mi
- Green McAdoo Cultural Center: 9.5 mi
- River Ridge: 4.3 mi
- Longmire Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Hangover Rock: 17.0 mi
- Monks Corner: 17.6 mi
- Big Cliff: 20.7 mi
- Loyston Point Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- North Cumberland WMA-Sandquist Unit: 16.4 mi
- Royal Blue Wildlife Management Area: 16.7 mi
- House Mountain Park and State Natural Area: 21.4 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 23.7 mi
- Baxter Gardens: 16.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 20.6 mi
- Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum: 21.8 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 21.9 mi
- Grow Lab: 22.0 mi
- Norris Dam Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
- Aspire: 10.2 mi
- Abandoned Train: 16.4 mi
- Train Cars: 19.2 mi
- Winona General Store: 21.0 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 20.5 mi
- Massengil Spring: 23.3 mi
- Herron Spring: 24.3 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 21.8 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 22.2 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 22.4 mi
- Loyston: 9.1 mi
- Fork Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Emory Gap Falls: 21.2 mi
- Debord Falls: 21.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Norris Dam State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Flag Pole | WSW 247° | 1,075 m | 7.3 mi |
| Cross Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,075 m | 7.3 mi |
| Redoak Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,027 m | 8.8 mi |
| Buffalo Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,008 m | 12.3 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,007 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SW 235° | 993 m | 10.9 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | WSW 240° | 984 m | 15.2 mi |
| Hatmaker Knob | WNW 289° | 976 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:20 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:46 | 17:26 |
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, 3 mi away.
- pennywort49 obs
- Little Brown Jugs36 obs
- bloodroot27 obs
- Christmas fern22 obs
- rue anemone18 obs
- crane-fly orchid18 obs
- fan clubmoss18 obs
- yellow wakerobin17 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/356824219
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