Rock Creek Public Use Area
Rock Creek Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 271 m. Clouse Hill stands 634 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tims Ford, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Penile Hill: 6.0 mi
- Little Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Sam Burt Hill: 7.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Tims Ford: 0.0 mi
- Estill Springs Walking Trail: 1.4 mi
- Comunity Walking Trail: 1.4 mi
- Estill Springs Park: 1.5 mi
- Pleasant Grove Public Use Area: 3.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Morris Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 3.8 mi
- High View: 4.4 mi
- Brakefield Point: 7.8 mi
- Tims Ford Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area: 9.1 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 11.5 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 15.3 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 15.4 mi
- Short Spring: 10.7 mi
- Natural Spring House: 12.8 mi
- Polly Anne Spring: 18.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.8 mi
- Champion Spring: 22.3 mi
- Tullahoma History Museum: 8.1 mi
- Hands-On Science Center: 8.2 mi
- Cowan Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 10.0 mi
- Moore County Old Jail Museum: 13.2 mi
- Falls Branch Falls 15: 17.6 mi
- Jumpoff Falls 90: 18.6 mi
- Hanes Hole Falls: 21.9 mi
- Sycamore Falls: 21.9 mi
- Black Canyon Falls: 21.9 mi
- University of Tennessee Mural: 4.8 mi
- Dinah Shore Murals: 4.8 mi
- Franklin County Mural: 4.8 mi
- Tims Ford Lake Mural: 4.9 mi
- B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Memorial Cross: 12.3 mi
- Jack Daniel: 12.8 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 13.0 mi
- Jack Daniel's Distillery: 13.0 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 23.7 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 15.9 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 16.0 mi
- Harvey's Garden: 5.4 mi
- Sewanee Natural Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Rock Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clouse Hill | E 82° | 634 m | 19.8 mi |
| West Ramsey | E 86° | 627 m | 21.2 mi |
| East Ramsey | E 85° | 616 m | 21.8 mi |
| Big Butte | NE 45° | 612 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pull Tight Hill | ENE 66° | 598 m | 16.2 mi |
| Red Hill | ESE 117° | 591 m | 19.8 mi |
| Claibornes View | E 91° | 578 m | 14.0 mi |
| High Top | ESE 111° | 574 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tullahoma, 7 mi away.
- Striped Skunk3 obs
- Persian silk tree3 obs
- Tennessee Death-camas3 obs
- box elder2 obs
- American pokeweed2 obs
- eastern redcedar2 obs
- buttonbush2 obs
- Rose Pogonia2 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/356860265
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