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Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area

Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area from directly overhead

Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 258 m. Look Rock stands 810 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Mizell Bluff, a cliff 1.4 miles away. Norris Freeway passes 27 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
258 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.77091, -84.21603

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 33
Cliffs: 22
Museums: 21
  • Lenoir City Museum & Cotton: 3.1 mi
  • Carmichael Inn Museum: 7.1 mi
  • Greenback Heritage Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Sequoyah Birthplace Museum: 13.2 mi
  • Cades Cove Preservation Association & Cades Cove Museum: 14.6 mi
Springs: 10
  • Ebb and Flow Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Hardin Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Herron Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Poplar Spring: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Caboose: 7.1 mi
  • Greenback Castle: 10.7 mi
  • Maryville Greenbelt Amphitheater: 13.8 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 20.2 mi
  • Knox Selfie Lab: 21.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Saratoga Pavillion: 6.7 mi
  • Look Rock Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Riverfront Park Shed: 21.9 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 22.1 mi
Artworks: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Yarberry Peninsular Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Look RockESE 122°810.463 m18.1 mi
Ellis ButtESE 113°738 m19.5 mi
Pine MountainSE 126°562 m20.3 mi
Shingle MountainSE 143°488 m18.1 mi
Buzzard RoostSSE 154°467 m17.2 mi
Stratton KnobSSE 147°464 m18.2 mi
Pictured Pine KnobSSE 155°453 m19.4 mi
Little MountainESE 105°443 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:2220:1920:57
September equinox07:2619:0219:35
December solstice07:4416:4817:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250596775797872604942
Precip in5.05.25.15.24.34.25.13.84.23.04.15.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir City, 3 mi away.

  • striped wintergreen14 obs
  • fan clubmoss12 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs10 obs
  • Heavenly bamboo7 obs
  • strawberry bush6 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle5 obs
  • bloodroot5 obs
  • Arrow-shaped Orbweaver5 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 node/356850320

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