Rock Garden Park
Rock Garden Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Rich Mountain stands 1,117 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Oldfield Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Norris Freeway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Newfound Gap Road Byway, National
- 28.2 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carlos Campbell Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oldfield Park: 0.5 mi
- Richard Williams Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Everett High Ball Fields: 0.8 mi
- Hall Park: 0.9 mi
- Everett Park: 1.0 mi
- Gravelly Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Logan Hill: 5.4 mi
- Red Hill: 5.4 mi
- High Top: 5.5 mi
- Coon Hollow Knobs: 5.5 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 1.4 mi
- Nick's MTB Trails: 8.9 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 13.4 mi
- Knox Selfie Lab: 13.6 mi
- River Rat Tubing Outpost: 14.5 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 1.5 mi
- McClung Museum: 12.5 mi
- Knoxville Museum of Art: 13.2 mi
- Blount Mansion: 13.2 mi
- East Tennessee History Center: 13.4 mi
- Pistol Creek Dam and Mill Race: 1.2 mi
- Tucker Springs Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
- Terra: 12.8 mi
- 79th New York Infantry Momument: 12.9 mi
- Knoxville Historic Train: 12.9 mi
- Sheep Pen Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Keller Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Wright Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Cherokee Bluffs: 10.4 mi
- Emert Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Boyd Hollow Falls: 12.1 mi
- Abrams Falls: 12.4 mi
- Crooked Arm Cascades: 15.4 mi
- White Oak Sinks Falls: 15.6 mi
- Meadow Branch Cascade: 16.5 mi
- University of Tennessee Gardens: 11.8 mi
- Adaptive and Enabling Garden: 11.8 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 11.8 mi
- Beall Family Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
- Cresent Bend Garden: 12.2 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 1.7 mi
- Pat Summitt Statue: 12.4 mi
- Torchbearer Statue: 12.6 mi
- Alex Haley Statue: 14.0 mi
- Fish: 22.9 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 12.2 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 16.0 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Herron Spring: 13.9 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 15.3 mi
- Hardin Spring: 15.4 mi
- Poplar Spring: 17.2 mi
- Love's Creek Spring: 18.1 mi
- William Hastie Natural Area: 12.0 mi
- Baker Creek Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Marie Myers Park: 12.5 mi
- Grayson Subaru Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Ijams Nature Center: 13.7 mi
- Calderwood: 19.1 mi
- Elkmont: 23.1 mi
- Proctor: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Rock Garden Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | SE 135° | 1,117 m | 13.2 mi |
| Cades Cove Mountain | SE 141° | 879.766 m | 13.2 mi |
| Look Rock | S 172° | 810.463 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ellis Butt | SSE 154° | 738 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | E 91° | 720 m | 13.0 mi |
| Pleasant View | E 90° | 712 m | 13.1 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | ESE 107° | 712 m | 13.4 mi |
| Spruce Double | SSE 157° | 622 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:14 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:21 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:24 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:47 | 17:27 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Knoxville AP, 3 mi away.
- American Robin833 obs
- Northern Cardinal564 obs
- Song Sparrow475 obs
- Mallard447 obs
- Northern Mockingbird327 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel311 obs
- House Finch306 obs
- White-throated Sparrow245 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.
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