Norris Field
Norris Field is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 541 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lena Givens Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 541 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 11.2 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Lena Givens Park: 0.4 mi
- Signal Mountain Boy Scout Park: 0.5 mi
- Mountain Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Portland Park: 1.3 mi
- Andy Anderton Park: 1.4 mi
- Signal Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Round Knob: 2.8 mi
- Elder Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cardboard Hill: 4.5 mi
- Cameron Hill: 5.0 mi
- Trail Of Tears: 4.8 mi
- Ed Johnson Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Industrial Heritage: 5.0 mi
- Urban Renewal: 5.0 mi
- Ben's Garden: 5.1 mi
- The Suck: 2.9 mi
- Central of Georgia 349: 5.7 mi
- Orchard Knob Reservation: 6.8 mi
- Ruby Falls: 7.1 mi
- Cravens House: 7.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls 40: 1.6 mi
- Julia Falls 95: 2.0 mi
- Blowing Wind Falls: 5.1 mi
- Falling Water Falls 110: 5.6 mi
- Mystery Falls 8: 8.8 mi
- Wilder Point: 0.5 mi
- Williams Point: 1.0 mi
- James Point: 1.1 mi
- Signal Point: 1.6 mi
- Edwards Point: 1.9 mi
- Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center: 4.9 mi
- Houston Museum of Decorative Arts: 5.0 mi
- Creative Discovery Museum: 5.1 mi
- Siskin Museum of Religious Artifacts: 5.7 mi
- Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum: 5.7 mi
- Woodland Tiger: 4.4 mi
- In Town Gallery: 4.5 mi
- Shakespeare: 4.7 mi
- The Rhino: 4.7 mi
- Ruth Holmberg Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 4.9 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 6.6 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 6.6 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Sutton Unit: 6.7 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 7.0 mi
- rain garden: 1.8 mi
- Blue Cross Garden: 4.9 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 7.9 mi
- Sensory Garden: 8.1 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 1.3 mi
- Obar Spring: 7.8 mi
- Straight Spring: 10.2 mi
- Pryor Cave Spring: 16.0 mi
- Taylor Spring: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 13.0 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 6.6 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 9.2 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 11.3 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 12.4 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.1 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 15.0 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 16.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Norris Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | NW 318° | 715 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 330° | 703 m | 18.9 mi |
| Buck Knob | N 7° | 693 m | 20.2 mi |
| Flat Mountain | NNW 341° | 684 m | 21.5 mi |
| Stocker Hill | NW 313° | 654 m | 22.9 mi |
| Round Top | S 191° | 647 m | 20.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNE 14° | 625 m | 16.9 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NW 308° | 624.84 m | 6.7 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 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:40 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 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, 8 mi away.
- Amur honeysuckle97 obs
- leatherleaf mahonia82 obs
- Christmas fern68 obs
- Little Brown Jugs58 obs
- partridgeberry51 obs
- Carolina sweetshrub47 obs
- American cancer-root46 obs
- Virginia creeper45 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/675656187
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 6 mi
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