Sale Creek Recreation Area
Sale Creek Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Worthington Knob stands 775 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Bluff, a cliff 1.7 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 210 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 29.7 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Umbrella Rock · 29 mi
- Ropers Rock · 29 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #4 - Western Overlook & Wauhatchie · 29 mi
- Point Park Tour Stop #2 - Parrott Gun Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grasshopper Creek Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Bear Branch Access Area: 2.9 mi
- Rock Creek RMA: 3.9 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
- Blythe Ferry Goose Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Joe Smith Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bakewell Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Murphy Hill: 5.1 mi
- Davis Hill: 6.0 mi
- Stokes Hill: 6.8 mi
- Parker Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Hobo Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Pendergrass Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Garrison Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Goodman Bluff: 7.4 mi
- McGill Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Little Possum Falls 25: 5.8 mi
- Legget Branch Falls 30: 5.9 mi
- Imodium Falls: 6.1 mi
- Richey Ridge Falls 18: 6.3 mi
- Blythe Ferry: 4.2 mi
- History Wall: 4.2 mi
- Routes Amphitheater: 4.2 mi
- Memorial Wall: 4.2 mi
- Conner Cemetery: 4.2 mi
- Cumberland Spring Area: 10.6 mi
- Laurel-Snow State Natural Area: 13.0 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 15.9 mi
- Wolftever Creek Bird Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- North Chickamauga Creek Wildlife Management Area - Williams Unit: 16.6 mi
- Cherokee Removal Memorial Park Visitor Center: 4.2 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 9.0 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 18.4 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 18.6 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 18.8 mi
- Flat Top Mountain Farm: 9.5 mi
- M113: 18.8 mi
- Jeep: 18.9 mi
- UH-1: 18.9 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 14.0 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 14.6 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 19.0 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 21.0 mi
- Little Debbie: 21.7 mi
- Christmas Tree Cake: 21.8 mi
- Summertime: 23.9 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 24.0 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 18.0 mi
- rain garden: 21.9 mi
- Garden of Prayer: 22.2 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 19.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 21.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 21.7 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 21.7 mi
- Cute: 23.4 mi
- Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Sale Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington Knob | N 2° | 775 m | 21.9 mi |
| Walker Knob | N 6° | 766 m | 23.8 mi |
| Clayton Knob | N 2° | 749 m | 21.4 mi |
| Lee Knob | N 4° | 697 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | WNW 284° | 694 m | 24.0 mi |
| Buck Knob | WNW 282° | 693 m | 13.0 mi |
| Flat Mountain | W 278° | 684 m | 22.6 mi |
| Potato Knob | N 357° | 679 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:45 | 19:19 | 19:52 |
| June solstice | 06:26 | 20:22 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:29 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:53 | 17:32 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 2SE, 8 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- Carolina Wren3 obs
- Red-bellied Woodpecker3 obs
- American sweetgum3 obs
- Giant Leopard Moth3 obs
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Northern Cardinal2 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/356874122
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 26 mi
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