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Whitaker Park

Whitaker Park from directly overhead

Whitaker Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 566 m. Big Hill stands 617 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Monterey Depot Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Cumberland Historic Byway passes 18 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14369, -85.26151

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
  • Meadow Creek Park: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Hollow Park: 9.2 mi
  • Fantasy Park: 11.1 mi
  • Walter L Bilbrey Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
  • Algood Park: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 16
  • City Lake Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Waterloo Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Waterloo Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Cummins Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Savannah Falls: 19.0 mi
Museums: 9
  • Monterey Depot Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Cookeville History Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Cookeville Childrens Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Depot Museum: 13.8 mi
  • Soard Properties Museum: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Sunset Rock: 16.3 mi
  • Virgin Falls Trailhead: 20.0 mi
  • East Fork Stables: 22.0 mi
  • East Point Marina: 22.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • TTU Eagle Statue: 13.6 mi
  • Standing Stone State Park: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • The Pink Elephant: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Whitaker Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big HillSE 128°617 m10.3 mi
Hampton MountainNNE 23°616 m2.8 mi
Tyler MountainNNE 18°597 m4.0 mi
Blaylock MountainNW 307°593 m5.7 mi
Green Pond MountainNE 51°592 m6.6 mi
Bruce KnobSSE 165°592 m17.6 mi
Chamberlain KnobSSE 162°591 m17.7 mi
Verble KnobsESE 119°587 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:53
June solstice05:2519:2420:02
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:4915:5116:31

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in5.75.86.05.85.45.55.64.54.83.84.76.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, under a mile away.

  • mountain laurel9 obs
  • Virginia pine5 obs
  • common pawpaw5 obs
  • Eastern Teaberry5 obs
  • eastern redbud4 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
  • Regal Moth4 obs
  • rue anemone4 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/477645919

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