Savage Gulf State Natural Area
Savage Gulf State Natural Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 303 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the south-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Schwoon Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 303 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dykes Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Price Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Ross Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Stocker Hill: 7.5 mi
- Horsepound Falls: 2.1 mi
- Ranger Falls: 3.2 mi
- Suter Falls: 3.4 mi
- Savage Falls: 3.9 mi
- Greeter Falls: 4.5 mi
- South Cumberland Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
- Gruetli-Laager Recreation Park: 5.1 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 13.5 mi
- Grundy Lakes Game Preserve: 13.9 mi
- John Griswold Recreation Park: 14.0 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 15.3 mi
- Wild Boar Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 16.8 mi
- Palisades: 17.9 mi
- Raven Cliff: 18.7 mi
- UH-1: 14.2 mi
- Jeep: 14.2 mi
- M113: 14.2 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 15.0 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 20.9 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 1.6 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 22.1 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 22.4 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 22.5 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 22.8 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 13.5 mi
- Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 21.1 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 21.9 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 22.0 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 15.3 mi
- Judge M.M. Allison: 21.7 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 24.2 mi
- Mining Ruins: 24.9 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- George's Hole: 21.0 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 12.8 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 19.9 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 20.0 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 0.9 mi
- Pryor Cave Spring: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Savage Gulf State Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | SSE 167° | 715 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SE 136° | 703 m | 9.3 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | E 89° | 694 m | 7.9 mi |
| Price Mountain | E 93° | 689 m | 6.8 mi |
| Flat Mountain | ESE 107° | 684 m | 9.2 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NE 55° | 670 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | E 80° | 664 m | 8.9 mi |
| Stocker Hill | S 186° | 654 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:55 | 16:34 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalmont, 8 mi away.
- Virginia bluebells13 obs
- dwarf larkspur11 obs
- prairie trillium11 obs
- southern red trillium11 obs
- putty root10 obs
- Long-spurred violet10 obs
- Dutchman's breeches9 obs
- showy orchis9 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/356898503
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