South Cumberland Recreation Area
South Cumberland Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 567 m. Ross Mountain stands 715 m to the south, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Schwoon Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 567 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Price Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Dykes Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Lockhart Hill: 5.8 mi
- Bonner Knob: 6.2 mi
- Wolfpen Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Savage Falls: 2.1 mi
- Horsepound Falls: 2.3 mi
- Suter Falls: 3.4 mi
- Ranger Falls: 5.0 mi
- Greeter Falls: 6.6 mi
- Savage Gulf State Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Gruetli-Laager Recreation Park: 5.6 mi
- Coke Ovens Park: 11.6 mi
- John Griswold Recreation Park: 12.4 mi
- Harris Park: 12.5 mi
- UH-1: 12.5 mi
- Jeep: 12.5 mi
- M113: 12.5 mi
- Cumberland Caverns: 15.4 mi
- Whale Face Rock: 19.3 mi
- Yellow Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Raven Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Wild Boar Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Palisades: 19.2 mi
- Savage Gulf State Park: 3.4 mi
- Cartter Patten Easement: 20.6 mi
- North Chick Corridor: 21.6 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 24.5 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 24.6 mi
- Coke Oven Museum: 11.6 mi
- Burritt Alumni Museum: 21.0 mi
- Van Buren County Historical and Heritage Museum: 21.0 mi
- Sam H. Werner Military Museum: 22.7 mi
- Newton Ford Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
- George's Hole: 19.4 mi
- Foster Falls Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Saddleback Platform: 11.4 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 21.6 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 21.6 mi
- Old Shelter (ruins): 15.8 mi
- Judge M.M. Allison: 20.9 mi
- Mining Ruins: 23.3 mi
- Schwoon Spring: 2.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of South Cumberland Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Mountain | S 183° | 715 m | 7.4 mi |
| Bunker Hill | SSE 148° | 703 m | 8.1 mi |
| Lockhart Hill | E 90° | 694 m | 5.8 mi |
| Buck Knob | E 101° | 693 m | 16.7 mi |
| Price Mountain | E 96° | 689 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flat Mountain | ESE 114° | 684 m | 7.3 mi |
| Jakes Mountain | NE 46° | 670 m | 7.1 mi |
| Wolfpen Mountain | ENE 78° | 664 m | 6.8 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 | 06:48 | 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, 9 mi away.
- mountain laurel10 obs
- striped wintergreen7 obs
- American Toad6 obs
- American cauliflower mushroom6 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain5 obs
- trailing arbutus5 obs
- putty root5 obs
- Halberd-leaved violet5 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/356895183
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