Turkey Creek Public Use Area
Turkey Creek Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 300 m. Claibornes View stands 578 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Creek Public Use Area, a park 1.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sam Burt Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 7.8 mi
- Copeland Hill: 9.1 mi
- Sevenmile Hill: 10.2 mi
- Eddy Hill: 10.4 mi
- Lost Creek Public Use Area: 1.8 mi
- Tims Ford: 3.7 mi
- Tims Ford: 4.0 mi
- Pleasant Grove Public Use Area: 4.1 mi
- Tims Ford: 4.8 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 5.4 mi
- High View: 5.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Morris Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Edde Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Tims Ford Nature Center: 3.5 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 11.5 mi
- Flintville Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Cowan Marsh Public Hunting Area: 16.0 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 19.0 mi
- Moore County Old Jail Museum: 5.7 mi
- Tullahoma History Museum: 7.1 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 7.3 mi
- Hands-On Science Center: 8.0 mi
- Cowan Railroad Museum: 16.6 mi
- Jack Daniel: 5.3 mi
- B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 10.5 mi
- Memorial Cross: 19.8 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 20.4 mi
- Bellbuckle Caboose: 22.6 mi
- Franklin County Mural: 10.7 mi
- University of Tennessee Mural: 10.7 mi
- Tims Ford Lake Mural: 10.7 mi
- Dinah Shore Murals: 10.7 mi
- Jack Daniel's Distillery: 5.5 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 18.1 mi
- Lyon Family Farms: 24.9 mi
- Natural Spring House: 9.2 mi
- Short Spring: 10.8 mi
- Polly Anne Spring: 22.3 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 23.4 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 23.5 mi
- Harvey's Garden: 11.5 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Sewanee Natural Bridge: 21.5 mi
- Falls Branch Falls 15: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Turkey Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claibornes View | E 94° | 578 m | 21.5 mi |
| High Top | ESE 105° | 574 m | 16.4 mi |
| Johnson Top | S 186° | 568 m | 20.4 mi |
| Flat Top | SSE 148° | 567 m | 14.4 mi |
| Crane Top | SE 141° | 562 m | 16.3 mi |
| Talley Top | SSE 168° | 558 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cape of Good Hope | ESE 107° | 558 m | 21.6 mi |
| Big Top | SSE 162° | 555 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lynchburg, 5 mi away.
- Canada Goose2 obs
- North American Luna Moth2 obs
- Carolina horsenettle2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- tree-of-heaven2 obs
- cross vine2 obs
- Carolina buckthorn2 obs
- mock strawberry2 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/356860169
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