Spring Creek State Scenic River
Spring Creek State Scenic River is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 227 m. Hampton Mountain stands 616 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Waterloo Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 227 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Cumberland Historic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Cordell Hull Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tater Knob: 2.5 mi
- Steprock Hill: 2.7 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Kenneth Rise: 5.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Wash Morgan Hollow State Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Blackburn Fork State Scenic River: 5.5 mi
- Roaring River State Scenic River: 6.3 mi
- Putnam County Sports Complex: 7.3 mi
- Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
- Waterloo Falls: 0.2 mi
- Upper Waterloo Falls: 0.3 mi
- Wash Morgan Falls: 3.7 mi
- Savannah Falls: 4.8 mi
- Charlotte Falls: 5.2 mi
- Dave Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Hardscrabble Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Pendleton Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Wpa Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Seven Sisters Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Cookeville Childrens Museum: 9.6 mi
- Depot Museum: 9.8 mi
- Cookeville History Museum: 9.8 mi
- Overton County Museum: 9.8 mi
- Soard Properties Museum: 10.0 mi
- East Point Marina: 21.9 mi
- good landing beach: 22.8 mi
- Star Point Marina: 23.3 mi
- launch site for kayak: 23.4 mi
- Sunset Marina: 23.5 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 8.8 mi
- Standing Stone State Park: 10.0 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 8.9 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 9.4 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 10.9 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Spring Creek State Scenic River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hampton Mountain | ESE 123° | 616 m | 15.3 mi |
| Tyler Mountain | ESE 119° | 597 m | 14.7 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | SE 137° | 593 m | 10.3 mi |
| Copeland Mountain | ESE 118° | 585 m | 14.4 mi |
| Harris Mountain | ESE 104° | 582 m | 11.2 mi |
| Alpine Mountain | ENE 72° | 574 m | 14.0 mi |
| Bee Rock | SE 139° | 574 m | 15.8 mi |
| Round Top | ESE 113° | 572 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:51 | 16:31 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livingston Radio Wliv, 9 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal10 obs
- House Sparrow7 obs
- Northern Mockingbird7 obs
- Song Sparrow6 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue6 obs
- Dogbane Leaf Beetle6 obs
- Virginia saxifrage6 obs
- Cloudless Sulphur5 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/356881468
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