Rockhouse State Memorial
Rockhouse State Memorial is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 403 m. Pilot Knob stands 624 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Rock, a attraction 1.3 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off.
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Baker Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Dibrell Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Buzzard Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Story Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pine Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Pearson Park: 2.5 mi
- Beecher Wallace Homestead: 4.6 mi
- Latimer Scout Reservation: 10.8 mi
- Spencer City Park: 12.4 mi
- Burgess Falls State Park: 13.6 mi
- Lost Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
- Virgin Falls: 7.0 mi
- Big Laurel Falls: 7.5 mi
- Big Branch Falls: 7.6 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 13.7 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 12.4 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 12.5 mi
- Monterey Depot Museum: 17.4 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 17.7 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 17.7 mi
- Sunset Rock: 1.3 mi
- Virgin Falls Trailhead: 8.2 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 17.6 mi
- George's Hole: 18.1 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 23.5 mi
- Copper Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Stillhouse Rock: 12.1 mi
- Medley Arch: 13.4 mi
- Harris Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Rocky Bar: 22.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- George's Hole: 18.2 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 17.1 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 23.1 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 18.2 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 18.6 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 16.1 mi
- Pinhook: 16.3 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Rockhouse State Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SE 125° | 624 m | 14.2 mi |
| Dugger Hill | ESE 118° | 617 m | 12.7 mi |
| Big Level | ESE 114° | 617 m | 13.2 mi |
| Potts Knob | ESE 102° | 617 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bradden Knob | SSE 162° | 616 m | 18.2 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | ESE 112° | 610 m | 6.2 mi |
| The Pounds | ESE 103° | 603 m | 13.8 mi |
| Kellog Knob | SSE 162° | 598 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sparta Wastewater Plant, 4 mi away.
- Northern Zigzag Salamander10 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog5 obs
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog3 obs
- Ring-necked Snake2 obs
- Marbled Salamander2 obs
- Spotted Salamander2 obs
- Southern Zigzag Salamander2 obs
- Eastern Newt2 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 way/666000340
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