Riley Creek Recreational Area
Riley Creek Recreational Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 242 m. Big Brushy Mountain stands 979 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 242 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Island Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- Southwest Point Park: 2.4 mi
- Kingston Waterfront Park: 3.1 mi
- Kingston City Park: 3.5 mi
- Kingston City Park: 3.5 mi
- River Knobs: 3.1 mi
- Gage Hill: 6.2 mi
- High Point: 8.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Marney Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Wester Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Stowe Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Marble Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Rose Spring: 1.5 mi
- Ambrose Spring: 2.7 mi
- Huffine Spring: 3.4 mi
- Delozier Spring: 6.7 mi
- Poplar Spring: 7.0 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 2.3 mi
- Fort Southwest Point: 2.3 mi
- Lake Shore: 6.4 mi
- K-731: 10.0 mi
- K-27: 10.0 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 9.5 mi
- K-25 History Center: 10.3 mi
- Carmichael Inn Museum: 12.2 mi
- Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 14.8 mi
- Oliver Springs Historical Society Museum & Archives: 18.1 mi
- Ozone Falls: 16.3 mi
- Ray Falls: 18.0 mi
- Upper Piney Falls 80: 20.1 mi
- Lower Piney Falls 40: 20.2 mi
- Debord Falls: 21.7 mi
- Black Mountain Area: 19.8 mi
- Piney Falls State Natural Area: 20.1 mi
- Keyes-Harrison Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 22.6 mi
- Brady Mountain Area: 23.5 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 4.5 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 7.2 mi
- Roadside Table: 18.8 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 20.7 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 21.0 mi
- Wheat: 11.4 mi
- Montgomery: 20.4 mi
- Cute: 21.0 mi
- Fork Mountain: 21.5 mi
- Caboose: 12.1 mi
- The Lost Sea: 20.9 mi
- Abandoned Train: 23.6 mi
- Greenback Castle: 24.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 17.6 mi
- Sam: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Riley Creek Recreational Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Brushy Mountain | NNE 20° | 979 m | 18.4 mi |
| Flagpole Knob | NNE 20° | 977 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Fork Mountain | N 8° | 965 m | 19.7 mi |
| Chimney Top Mountain | N 5° | 948 m | 19.2 mi |
| Indian Knob | N 9° | 931 m | 19.3 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | N 9° | 856 m | 18.7 mi |
| Luper Mountain | WNW 301° | 833 m | 17.1 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | WNW 288° | 824 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:43 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:23 | 20:20 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Great Blue Heron4 obs
- American persimmon3 obs
- Osprey3 obs
- American sycamore2 obs
- Solomon's plume2 obs
- Hackberry Emperor2 obs
- Arrowhead Orbweaver2 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/356853223
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