Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area
Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 237 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Meigs County Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 237 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Meigs County Park: 0.8 mi
- Foshee Pass Recreation Area: 2.8 mi
- Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Boat Ramp: 4.5 mi
- Spring City Park: 6.1 mi
- River Knobs: 4.6 mi
- Presley Hill: 4.9 mi
- Iron Hill: 5.9 mi
- Ingle Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Ten Mile Knob: 8.3 mi
- Lillard Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Dickey Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Wann Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Eaves Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Butcher Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Lower Piney Falls 40: 8.6 mi
- Upper Piney Falls 80: 8.7 mi
- Pine Branch Falls: 9.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 9.1 mi
- Deep Pool Cascades 8: 9.3 mi
- Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Troop 45: 11.8 mi
- Clarence Darrow: 16.0 mi
- William Jennings Bryan: 16.0 mi
- Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 16.0 mi
- Piney Falls State Natural Area: 8.2 mi
- Piney River Area: 9.2 mi
- Stinging Fork Falls State Natural Area: 10.7 mi
- Soak Creek State Scenic River: 10.8 mi
- Shut-in Gap Road Area: 13.2 mi
- Moulton Spring: 6.3 mi
- Mars Hill Spring: 6.5 mi
- Sensaboy Spring: 6.6 mi
- Holloway Spring: 7.2 mi
- Blue Spring: 9.6 mi
- Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 6.6 mi
- Meigs County Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
- Jane Manley Museum: 11.8 mi
- Rhea County Museum: 16.0 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Spring City Railfan Spot: 6.6 mi
- Roadside Table: 8.3 mi
- Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 19.2 mi
- Riverfront Park Shed: 24.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 14.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 14.6 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Head of the Sequatchie River: 17.3 mi
- The Lost Sea: 20.5 mi
- Cute: 4.3 mi
- Sam: 8.8 mi
- CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Watts Bar Dam Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinch Mountain | NW 314° | 931 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dorton Knob | NW 317° | 910 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bear Den Mountain | NW 319° | 893 m | 15.8 mi |
| Brady Mountain | NW 322° | 893 m | 17.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 339° | 862 m | 18.0 mi |
| Luper Mountain | N 359° | 833 m | 22.7 mi |
| Big Rock Mountain | NNW 348° | 824 m | 20.3 mi |
| Thorny Mountain | N 354° | 811 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:17 | 19:51 |
| June solstice | 06:25 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 65 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 6 mi away.
- American sweetgum3 obs
- Field madder2 obs
- flowering dogwood2 obs
- hop trefoil2 obs
- cross vine2 obs
- blue mistflower2 obs
- citronella horse balm2 obs
- Giant Floater2 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/1170420365
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