Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park
Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 333 m. Skinner Mountain stands 550 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alvin C York Home, a museum 0.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway runs past it.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Cumberland Cultural Heritage Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Frogg Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Frogge Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Tater Hill: 1.2 mi
- Tater Hill: 1.2 mi
- Baylor Knob: 1.8 mi
- Horseshoe Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Jane Point: 3.1 mi
- Horseshoe Cliff: 3.2 mi
- Stephens Point: 4.0 mi
- Car Hauler Bridge: 5.6 mi
- Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area: 0.3 mi
- Mark Twain City Park: 7.8 mi
- Pickett State Rustic Park Historic District: 9.0 mi
- Slave Falls: 10.7 mi
- Twin Arches: 11.5 mi
- East Point Marina: 10.9 mi
- good landing beach: 11.0 mi
- Sunset Marina: 11.1 mi
- launch site for kayak: 11.3 mi
- Rock Hole: 11.9 mi
- Buffalo Arch: 11.7 mi
- Smith’s Cemetery Arch: 16.3 mi
- Etta's Arch: 17.0 mi
- Nancy’s Tunnel Arch: 17.0 mi
- Amphitheater Arch: 17.4 mi
- Alvin C York Home: 0.2 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 7.8 mi
- Old Jail: 7.8 mi
- Pickett State Park Archaeology Museum & ETSU Archaeological Research Station: 9.3 mi
- Wayne County Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- Angel Falls: 17.4 mi
- Handcock Falls: 17.7 mi
- Town Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
- Big Spring Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sgt. Alvin C. York Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Rugby's Hidden History: 18.7 mi
- Wayne County Doughboy: 20.9 mi
- Pickett CCC Memorial State Park: 9.4 mi
- Brewster Bridge Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Historic Massengale Homestead Spring: 19.3 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner Mountain | SSW 211° | 550 m | 12.3 mi |
| Wright Mountain | SSW 204° | 541 m | 3.0 mi |
| Golman Mountain | NW 313° | 536 m | 4.9 mi |
| Buzzards Roost | SSW 210° | 535 m | 5.4 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | S 183° | 533 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cherry Gap Mountain | NNE 21° | 530 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Rock | NNW 343° | 527 m | 5.7 mi |
| Double Top Mountain | WSW 255° | 527 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:48 | 16:28 |
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 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamestown, 8 mi away.
- Variegated Fritillary6 obs
- Bronzed Tiger Beetle6 obs
- fall phlox6 obs
- Common Buckeye5 obs
- Rainbow Darter5 obs
- Common Merganser4 obs
- cardinal flower4 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail4 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 76001773OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/96778136
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