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Red Clay State Historic Park

Red Clay State Historic Park from directly overhead

Red Clay State Historic Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,222 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Clay State Historic Area, a park 0.4 miles away. Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates34.99333, -84.94371

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Red Clay State Historic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Shugart Park: 2.3 mi
  • Martin's Corner: 2.4 mi
  • Joseph Standing Monument: 5.9 mi
  • Varnell Park: 6.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 2011 Tornado Victims Memorial: 5.0 mi
  • Dollhouse: 7.3 mi
  • Brotherton Mill: 7.8 mi
  • Veteran's Park Helicopter: 8.6 mi
  • Veteran's Park Tank: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 32
Cliffs: 19
  • Goliath Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Rocky Face: 12.2 mi
  • Rocky Face: 12.4 mi
  • Rocky Face: 12.9 mi
  • Harrison Bluff: 15.9 mi
Museums: 19
Waterfalls: 18
  • Mill Creek Falls (2) 50: 20.5 mi
  • Emery Creek Lower Falls (1,2) 60, 15: 20.9 mi
  • Emery Creek Upper Falls (3,4,5) 15, 40, 15: 20.9 mi
  • Jacks River Falls 80: 21.1 mi
  • Rock Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 15
Gardens: 10
  • Garden of Prayer: 7.3 mi
  • BSUMC Giving Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Windwood Bulk Center: 13.9 mi
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 14.2 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Beaches: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area #2: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.8 mi
  • Lake Conasauga Picnic and Swim Site: 19.0 mi
  • Picnic Pavilion: 20.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Springs: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Red Clay State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainESE 116°1,222 m20.0 mi
Little Bald MountainESE 118°1,126 m19.7 mi
Grassy MountainESE 120°1,125 m18.0 mi
Buckeye MountainESE 102°1,074 m20.8 mi
Fort MountainSE 137°868 m19.7 mi
Doogan MountainE 99°584 m13.4 mi
Dug MountainSSW 193°553 m18.5 mi
Peaky TopE 95°533 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:52
June solstice06:2720:2020:58
September equinox07:2819:0519:38
December solstice07:4516:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Little Brown Jugs25 obs
  • bashful wakerobin17 obs
  • Carolina sweetshrub15 obs
  • common jewelweed13 obs
  • cardinal flower11 obs
  • watercress11 obs
  • American beech10 obs
  • Dwarf Palmetto10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/96904843

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