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Whites Creek Small Wildlife Area

Whites Creek Small Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Whites Creek Small Wildlife Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Boy Scout Memorial, a park 2.6 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
243 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.75896, -84.76466
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 16
  • Ray Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Upper Piney Falls 80: 5.9 mi
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 6.0 mi
  • Ozone Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Pine Branch Falls: 9.1 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Troop 45: 2.6 mi
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 7.1 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 15.0 mi
  • Fort Southwest Point: 15.0 mi
  • Lake Shore: 18.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Moulton Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Mars Hill Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Blue Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Sensaboy Spring: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves: 13
Museums: 9
  • Jane Manley Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 7.0 mi
  • Meigs County Historical Museum: 16.8 mi
  • Native Stone Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Military Memorial Museum: 19.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Roadside Table: 4.6 mi
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 7.1 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 11.8 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 14.4 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 East Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 23.2 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 23.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 13.8 mi
  • Caboose: 24.0 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 4.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Whites Creek Small Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainW 277°931 m12.1 mi
Dorton KnobWNW 283°910 m12.4 mi
Bear Den MountainWNW 284°893 m11.4 mi
Brady MountainWNW 292°893 m12.5 mi
Black MountainNW 316°862 m10.5 mi
Luper MountainN 354°833 m13.6 mi
Big Rock MountainNNW 334°824 m11.8 mi
Thorny MountainNNW 346°811 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1719:51
June solstice06:2420:2120:59
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4616:5017:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374049576573777670584740
Precip in5.45.45.55.64.75.56.03.84.43.54.66.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rockwood 2, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bluegill13 obs
  • rattlesnake fern5 obs
  • striped wintergreen5 obs
  • ebony spleenwort5 obs
  • common pawpaw4 obs
  • Christmas fern4 obs
  • umbrella magnolia4 obs
  • Pearl Crescent3 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/356867177

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