Pleasant Grove Recreation Area
Pleasant Grove Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Harris Mountain stands 582 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
- 16.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Chowning Knob: 3.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 4.2 mi
- Grogan Hill: 4.5 mi
- Little Knob: 4.8 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Dale Hollow Dam Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Donaldson Park Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Willow Grove Recreation Area: 6.2 mi
- Lillydale Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park: 11.1 mi
- Knob Creek Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Accordion Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Seven Sisters Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Wpa Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Star Point Marina: 11.1 mi
- Eagle Cove Marina: 12.5 mi
- Wisdom Marina: 14.5 mi
- Wolf River Marina: 14.6 mi
- launch site for kayak: 15.2 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 15.1 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 16.1 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 16.1 mi
- Savannah Falls: 18.4 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 18.8 mi
- Clay County Museum: 3.8 mi
- Overton County Museum: 12.1 mi
- Monroe County Historical Society Museum: 18.2 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 12.1 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 24.9 mi
- Olympus: 14.4 mi
- Mud Camp Creek Wildlife Management Area: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Pleasant Grove Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harris Mountain | SSE 155° | 582 m | 20.8 mi |
| Alpine Mountain | SE 136° | 574 m | 16.3 mi |
| Gullet Mountain | SE 141° | 566 m | 15.4 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SSE 152° | 565 m | 19.7 mi |
| Egypt Knob | SE 129° | 554 m | 20.0 mi |
| Stout Mountain | SE 143° | 551 m | 19.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | SE 140° | 545 m | 20.1 mi |
| King Mountain | ESE 117° | 541 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
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 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 12 mi away.
- Common Pill Woodlouse8 obs
- Rainbow Trout5 obs
- Largescale Stoneroller5 obs
- Nosy Pill Woodlouse5 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard3 obs
- eastern redcedar3 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug3 obs
- Greenhouse Millipede3 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/356827475
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