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Spring City Park

Spring City Park from directly overhead

Spring City Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
226 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.68893, -84.85330

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 24
Waterfalls: 19
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 2.8 mi
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 3.0 mi
  • Pine Branch Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Deep Pool Cascades 8: 3.9 mi
Springs: 12
  • Mars Hill Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Sensaboy Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Blue Spring: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Troop 45: 9.3 mi
  • Clarence Darrow: 16.1 mi
  • William Jennings Bryan: 16.1 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 16.2 mi
Museums: 8
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 0.5 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 11.3 mi
  • Meigs County Historical Museum: 12.5 mi
  • Rhea County Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Native Stone Museum: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 0.5 mi
  • Roadside Table: 3.3 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 18.7 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 18.5 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 20.2 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 20.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 11.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Spring City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainNW 312°931 m9.5 mi
Dorton KnobNW 317°910 m10.4 mi
Bear Den MountainNW 321°893 m9.8 mi
Brady MountainNW 325°893 m11.6 mi
Black MountainN 350°862 m12.6 mi
Luper MountainNNE 11°833 m18.7 mi
Big Rock MountainN 359°824 m15.5 mi
Thorny MountainN 7°811 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:51
June solstice05:2519:2119:59
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4615:5116:30

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148576573777670584740
Precip in5.75.25.55.64.15.15.63.14.83.65.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, under a mile away.

  • Smallmouth Bass6 obs
  • Margined Leatherwing Beetle6 obs
  • Chinese privet4 obs
  • mock strawberry4 obs
  • Indigo Bunting3 obs
  • North American Luna Moth3 obs
  • Large Milkweed Bug3 obs
  • ground-ivy3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356867116

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