Notchy Creek Recreation Area
Notchy Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Flats Mountain stands 1,013 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Crowder Bluff, a cliff 1.8 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 250 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 17.8 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 19 mi
- Whig Cove · 19 mi
- Haw Knob · 20 mi
- Sunset Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sequoyah Birthplace Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Toqua Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
- McGee Carson Peninsula State Historic Park: 3.4 mi
- Fort Loudon State Historic Park: 3.5 mi
- Turkeypen Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Lynn Carden Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Birchfield Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Butler Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Red Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Baby Falls: 15.4 mi
- Bald River Falls: 15.5 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 15.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 16.1 mi
- Falls Branch Falls: 16.2 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 4.1 mi
- McGhee: 5.0 mi
- Chota Monument: 6.0 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 6.2 mi
- Morganton: 6.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Morton Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Morton Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 2.7 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 8.9 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 12.7 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 14.8 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 17.1 mi
- Greenback Castle: 6.8 mi
- The Lost Sea: 10.9 mi
- Caboose: 14.9 mi
- Tree of Shame: 18.6 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 20.9 mi
- Poplar Spring: 14.3 mi
- Hardin Spring: 18.4 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 18.4 mi
- Huffine Spring: 22.2 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 23.1 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 22.0 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 8.7 mi
- Calderwood: 14.4 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 20.5 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Notchy Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flats Mountain | SE 145° | 1,013 m | 13.5 mi |
| Salt Spring Mountain | ESE 118° | 953 m | 11.7 mi |
| Stiffknee Top | ESE 114° | 732 m | 13.8 mi |
| Haw Knob Number One | ESE 110° | 721 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tallasee Mountain | ESE 108° | 650 m | 13.9 mi |
| Harlan Mountain | S 179° | 565 m | 7.1 mi |
| Peaked Top | S 179° | 565 m | 7.1 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | SSE 155° | 560 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 13 mi away.
- eastern redbud4 obs
- Indigo Bunting2 obs
- Purple Martin2 obs
- Green Cone-headed Planthopper2 obs
- Killdeer1 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Brown Creeper1 obs
- Chipping Sparrow1 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/1161854624
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