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Unaka Mountain Recreation Area

Unaka Mountain Recreation Area from directly overhead

Unaka Mountain Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 1,438 m. Roan High Knob stands 1,916 m to the east-southeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Unaka Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Mission Crossing passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1438 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.14455, -82.29236

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Waterfalls: 48
  • Red Fork Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Martin Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Big Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Fall Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Coon Den Falls: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 28
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 16
Artworks: 10
  • Junaluska: 13.5 mi
  • Rock Bridge: 15.7 mi
  • Black Mountain Range: 15.8 mi
  • Petal & Leaves: 15.8 mi
  • Stream: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • ETSU Community Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 20.2 mi
  • Mountain Gardens: 21.5 mi
  • Terrace garden: 21.5 mi
  • Camp Celo Gardens: 23.0 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Downtown Square Breezeway: 12.3 mi
  • Johnson City Sign: 12.4 mi
  • Wautauga Dam: 15.5 mi
  • Gem Mountain Gemstone Mine: 23.2 mi
  • Appalachian Caverns: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Twin Springs Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Shook Branch Picnic Ground: 14.3 mi
  • Linville Falls Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Shook Branch Swimming Area: 14.3 mi
  • Riverside Park Beach Access: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Hampton Spring: 11.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Unaka Mountain Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roan High KnobESE 106°1,916 m9.9 mi
Cloudland MountainESE 107°1,883 m9.4 mi
Beartown MountainESE 101°1,674 m8.8 mi
Unaka MountainSSW 198°1,579 m0.8 mi
Yellow SpotSE 125°1,554 m8.3 mi
Fork MountainESE 122°1,521 m8.3 mi
Little Rock KnobE 87°1,499 m8.0 mi
FlattopSW 224°1,432 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:1320:1220:50
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:3716:3917:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371747368574639
Precip in3.53.33.84.04.85.15.54.83.32.52.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Erwin 1 W, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • painted trillium15 obs
  • red spruce15 obs
  • large white trillium11 obs
  • Smooth Rock Tripe11 obs
  • Flame Azalea11 obs
  • mountain laurel10 obs
  • galax10 obs
  • colt's-foot10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356895462

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