Poplar Springs Recreation Area
Poplar Springs Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Look Rock stands 810 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Cherohala Skyway passes 27 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee Valley Authority
How to reach it
- 26.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 27.7 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 29.5 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- East Lakeshore Trail: Canal Branch Trailhead: 2.4 mi
- Rock Springs Park: 3.1 mi
- Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Lenior City Area Recreation Complex: 3.5 mi
- Legion Park: 3.7 mi
- Chapel HIll: 3.9 mi
- Pine Top: 4.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Alexander Knob: 5.8 mi
- Red Knobs: 6.1 mi
- Lenoir Cotton Mill: 2.8 mi
- Morganton: 7.8 mi
- McGhee: 10.2 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 11.3 mi
- K-731: 14.3 mi
- Mizell Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Blair Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Leeper Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Marble Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 2.7 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 3.9 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 8.3 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 12.2 mi
- K-25 History Center: 14.3 mi
- Poplar Spring: 0.2 mi
- Hardin Spring: 4.4 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 4.5 mi
- Herron Spring: 11.1 mi
- Poplar Spring: 11.8 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 6.2 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 22.6 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 22.8 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 22.8 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 22.8 mi
- Caboose: 3.9 mi
- Greenback Castle: 10.7 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 16.7 mi
- The Lost Sea: 17.5 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 24.6 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 9.5 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 19.8 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 20.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 16.4 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 23.6 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 23.7 mi
- Wheat: 14.1 mi
- Calderwood: 23.5 mi
- Abrams Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Poplar Springs Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Look Rock | ESE 114° | 810.463 m | 20.1 mi |
| Peaked Top | S 175° | 565 m | 21.6 mi |
| Harlan Mountain | S 175° | 565 m | 21.6 mi |
| Shingle Mountain | SE 134° | 488 m | 19.0 mi |
| Whetstone Mountain | NW 324° | 471 m | 21.5 mi |
| Roy Knob | SSW 213° | 468 m | 18.6 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | SE 144° | 467 m | 17.6 mi |
| Stratton Knob | SE 137° | 464 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 3 mi away.
- Little Brown Jugs14 obs
- Blue-fronted Dancer12 obs
- strawberry bush12 obs
- resurrection fern12 obs
- Eastern Bluebird11 obs
- American sweetgum11 obs
- eastern redcedar10 obs
- fan clubmoss10 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/1036340224
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