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Old Forge Recreation Area

Old Forge Recreation Area from directly overhead

Old Forge Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 574 m. Green Ridge Knob stands 1,480 m to the southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Greystone Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Interstate 26 Scenic Highway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
574 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.09094, -82.68181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
Waterfalls: 24
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Margarette Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Camp Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Hickey Fork Falls: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 9.7 mi
  • Valentine Sevier Home: 9.7 mi
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 11.3 mi
  • Moye Rest: 11.4 mi
  • WWII Memorial: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 14
  • Doak House Museum: 7.4 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 8.1 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 9.7 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Clinchfield Railroad Museum: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Junaluska: 23.2 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 24.5 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 24.5 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 24.5 mi
  • Friends: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Attractions: 4
  • French Broad Rafting: 17.3 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 24.1 mi
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 24.1 mi
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 24.4 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 18.4 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 18.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Old Forge Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green Ridge KnobSE 133°1,480 m4.6 mi
Camp Creek BaldSSW 202°1,480 m5.0 mi
Gravel KnobSE 124°1,478 m3.7 mi
Big ButtESE 122°1,467 m3.2 mi
Little Bald MountainSSW 203°1,438 m4.7 mi
Wilson KnobE 98°1,396 m5.9 mi
Sugarloaf KnobSSE 151°1,393 m7.8 mi
Lick RockSSE 152°1,393 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:43
June solstice06:1520:1420:52
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3916:4117:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374047566573767569584740
Precip in3.53.84.04.44.34.35.04.43.02.72.94.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greeneville EXP STN, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pipevine Swallowtail7 obs
  • partridgeberry5 obs
  • fringed polygala4 obs
  • cardinal flower3 obs
  • American cancer-root3 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain3 obs
  • dwarf crested iris3 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356895011

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