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Parker Park

Parker Park from directly overhead

Parker Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 530 m. Rich Knob stands 1,295 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
530 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.58882, -82.17238
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 34
  • Veterans War Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Cobra: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial Tower: 0.9 mi
  • gross/morrel homestead: 3.5 mi
  • Veteran's of all Service Branches: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Bristol Caverns: 4.0 mi
  • Bristol Thunder Valley Dragway: 6.6 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 10.0 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 18.6 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Abrams Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Blue Hole Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Dennis Cove Waterfall: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • Virginia Welcome Center: 3.8 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 4.1 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Hampton Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Boiling Spring: 24.8 mi
  • Cave Spring: 24.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Parker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobESE 118°1,295 m11.8 mi
Brumley MountainNNE 23°1,287 m18.6 mi
Grindstone KnobESE 111°1,282 m17.0 mi
Holston MountainSSE 150°1,264 m10.5 mi
Holston High KnobSSE 150°1,261 m10.5 mi
The ButtNNE 15°1,226 m17.6 mi
Locust KnobESE 116°1,223 m12.0 mi
McQueen KnobE 95°1,177 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:41
June solstice06:1120:1320:51
September equinox07:1718:5319:27
December solstice07:3816:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353845546370747367564538
Precip in3.83.94.54.44.44.34.73.83.32.83.34.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abingdon 3S, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker137 obs
  • Downy Woodpecker125 obs
  • Northern Cardinal122 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird99 obs
  • White-tailed Deer93 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow89 obs
  • Northern Flicker89 obs
  • Blue Jay82 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 way/1202038305

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