Ragland Bottom Recreation Area
Ragland Bottom Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Chapel Recreation Area, a park 3.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Hill: 10.7 mi
- Gum Spring Mountain: 11.0 mi
- High Knob: 11.0 mi
- Hickory Nut Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Walker Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Johnson Chapel Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Hurricane Bridge Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
- Floating Mill Park: 5.3 mi
- Holmes Creek Recreation Area: 6.3 mi
- Window Cliffs State Natural Area - Burgess Falls State Park: 7.8 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 5.6 mi
- Middle Falls: 8.3 mi
- Burgess Falls: 8.4 mi
- Little Falls: 8.5 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 8.5 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 13.1 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 17.4 mi
- Depot Museum: 17.7 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 17.8 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 17.8 mi
- Harris Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Gin Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 10.4 mi
- Sunset Rock: 19.3 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 21.5 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 16.6 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 21.1 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 18.0 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 18.5 mi
- Pinhook: 5.3 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 12.4 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Ragland Bottom Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | WSW 242° | 635 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cardwell Mountain | S 173° | 576 m | 20.4 mi |
| Long Mountain | SSE 164° | 562 m | 21.7 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | ENE 69° | 561 m | 19.9 mi |
| Baker Mountain | SSE 152° | 554 m | 21.1 mi |
| High Top | SSE 161° | 547 m | 21.5 mi |
| Little Top | ESE 122° | 537 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mason Mountain | WSW 241° | 533 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smithville 2 SE, 4 mi away.
- lyreleaf sage13 obs
- pennywort11 obs
- mayapple10 obs
- American Mistletoe10 obs
- northern maidenhair fern8 obs
- broad beech fern6 obs
- star chickweed5 obs
- fan clubmoss4 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/356872734
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