Tallassee Recreation Area
Tallassee Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 248 m. Gregory Bald stands 1,505 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Roost, a peak 1.0 miles away. Indian Lakes Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Indian Lakes Scenic Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Nantahala Byway
- 28.5 mi off the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stratton Ridge · 15 mi
- Whig Cove · 16 mi
- Haw Knob · 16 mi
- Shute Cove Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Roost: 1.0 mi
- Bunker Hill: 1.4 mi
- Stratton Knob: 1.6 mi
- Pictured Pine Knob: 2.1 mi
- Shingle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Citico Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
- Harrison Branch Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Tellico Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Toqua Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Ballplay Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 8.4 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 9.1 mi
- Aiken Branch Falls: 10.0 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Bear Creek Falls (Cheoah): 10.7 mi
- Turkeypen Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Bolden Knight Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Morton Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Morton Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Tanasi Monument: 3.4 mi
- Chota Monument: 3.7 mi
- Fort Loudoun: 8.4 mi
- McGhee: 9.1 mi
- Morganton: 11.2 mi
- Greenback Castle: 7.5 mi
- Tree of Shame: 10.0 mi
- Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest: 15.2 mi
- Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 15.3 mi
- Tuckaleechee Caverns: 18.1 mi
- Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 8.7 mi
- Greenback Heritage Museum: 9.8 mi
- Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 15.6 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 18.0 mi
- The Little River Railroad and Lumber Company Museum: 19.8 mi
- Look Rock Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Cades Cove Covered Picnic Shelter: 17.0 mi
- Cades Cove Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Saratoga Pavillion: 21.9 mi
- Tremont Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Poplar Spring: 18.0 mi
- Ebb and Flow Spring: 20.5 mi
- Hardin Spring: 20.5 mi
- Herron Spring: 24.3 mi
- Calderwood: 5.6 mi
- Proctor: 19.8 mi
- Cheeyo Park: 14.7 mi
- Sam Houston Statue: 15.0 mi
- Cherohala Skyway restroom/trail head: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Tallassee Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory Bald | E 99° | 1,505.1 m | 11.4 mi |
| Gregorys Little Bald | E 99° | 1,452 m | 11.9 mi |
| Parson Bald | ESE 102° | 1,441.65 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rockstack | SSE 164° | 1,335 m | 10.8 mi |
| High Point | E 95° | 1,328.6 m | 11.2 mi |
| Big Fodderstack | SSE 167° | 1,321 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSE 163° | 1,319 m | 11.3 mi |
| Brush Mountain | S 174° | 1,218 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:15 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:18 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:48 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tapoco, 10 mi away.
- Green Anole8 obs
- Redline Darter6 obs
- American columbo5 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail4 obs
- American trumpet vine4 obs
- Whitetail Shiner4 obs
- Osprey4 obs
- Common Loon3 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 way/1161831853
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