Quinn Springs Recreation Area
Quinn Springs Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 225 m. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hiwassee Ocoee State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 225 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 7 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hiwassee Ocoee State Park: 0.3 mi
- Lost Corral Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 4.8 mi
- Towee Recreation Area: 5.8 mi
- Gee Knob: 1.0 mi
- Starr Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lowry Top: 1.8 mi
- Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome: 2.7 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 0.6 mi
- Company A: 6.6 mi
- World War I Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 6.6 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 6.6 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 18.2 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 18.2 mi
- Garden Tomb: 18.3 mi
- Lowry Falls: 0.8 mi
- Benton Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 8.0 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 10.2 mi
- White Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 16.5 mi
- Ward Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Eads Bluff: 19.3 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 6.6 mi
- Swift Museum: 11.6 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 14.9 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 16.9 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 19.2 mi
- Big Bend Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 5.9 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Parksville Beach: 10.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.0 mi
- Shady Beach: 12.1 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 15.8 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 16.0 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 19.3 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Quinn Springs Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SE 143° | 1,017 m | 11.8 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SE 143° | 1,016 m | 11.8 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SE 133° | 946 m | 11.7 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | SSW 195° | 921 m | 2.7 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 150° | 895 m | 12.6 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | S 172° | 864 m | 12.7 mi |
| Lowry Top | SSE 162° | 818 m | 1.8 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | ENE 58° | 768 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:19 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Fltr PLT, 14 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells24 obs
- partridgeberry15 obs
- yellow wakerobin15 obs
- Southern Red-backed Salamander14 obs
- bloodroot13 obs
- fire pink13 obs
- strawberry bush12 obs
- Miami Mist11 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/356885774
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