Powerhouse Recreation Area
Powerhouse Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the south-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Towee Creek Picnic area, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 270 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 10 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Towee Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 1.9 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 2.1 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
- Quinn Springs Recreation Area: 6.5 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Big Rock Island: 1.1 mi
- McCulley Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Towee Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Pond Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 7.0 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Company A: 10.7 mi
- World War I Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 10.8 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 10.6 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 10.7 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 11.8 mi
- Garden Tomb: 11.8 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 2.9 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 4.4 mi
- Lowry Falls: 5.7 mi
- Benton Falls: 8.9 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- White Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Panther Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 23.0 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 10.7 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 15.2 mi
- Swift Museum: 16.1 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 19.8 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 24.2 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 0.8 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Parksville Beach: 11.8 mi
- Shady Beach: 13.5 mi
- Shady Beach: 13.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 21.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 21.8 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Powerhouse Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,017 m | 6.3 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 166° | 1,016 m | 6.3 mi |
| Peels Top | ENE 68° | 990 m | 11.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSE 148° | 946 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | W 276° | 921 m | 6.4 mi |
| Peels High Top | ENE 69° | 907 m | 10.5 mi |
| Licklog Top | SSW 193° | 901 m | 11.9 mi |
| Panther Knob | S 174° | 895 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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, 15 mi away.
- Smallmouth Bass18 obs
- Purple Phacelia18 obs
- fire pink15 obs
- Warpaint Shiner12 obs
- bloodroot11 obs
- River Chub10 obs
- Common Merganser9 obs
- red columbine9 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/356894950
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