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Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area

Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 229 m. Hinch Mountain stands 931 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is River Knobs, a peak 1.8 miles away. Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
229 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.59813, -84.81633

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Cliffs: 26
Waterfalls: 20
  • Hemlock Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Branch Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Deep Pool Cascades 8: 8.9 mi
  • White Pine Cascades 28: 9.0 mi
  • Lower Piney Falls 40: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Spring City Bus/Train Accident Memorial: 7.0 mi
  • Clarence Darrow: 13.1 mi
  • William Jennings Bryan: 13.1 mi
  • Centinnial Park Water Fountain Monument: 13.2 mi
  • Troop 45: 14.1 mi
Springs: 12
  • Mars Hill Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Moulton Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Sensaboy Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Holloway Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Clearwater Spring: 10.9 mi
Museums: 7
  • Meigs County Historical Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Spring City Depot Museum & Railfan Spot: 7.0 mi
  • Rhea County Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Jane Manley Museum: 14.5 mi
  • McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Spring City Railfan Spot: 7.0 mi
  • Roadside Table: 9.6 mi
  • Roane County Park Picnic Shed 5: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 13.7 mi
  • McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 13.8 mi
  • Cumberland County I-40 West Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Head of the Sequatchie River: 17.2 mi
  • The Lost Sea: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Sam: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • CMRPOA Beach - Residents Only: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Yellow Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hinch MountainNW 324°931 m15.6 mi
Dorton KnobNNW 326°910 m16.7 mi
Bear Den MountainNNW 330°893 m16.1 mi
Brady MountainNNW 331°893 m18.0 mi
Black MountainNNW 347°862 m19.1 mi
Luper MountainN 4°833 m24.7 mi
Big Rock MountainN 354°824 m21.9 mi
Thorny MountainN 360°811 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4419:1819:51
June solstice06:2520:2120:59
September equinox07:2819:0419:38
December solstice07:4616:5117:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148576573777670584740
Precip in5.75.25.55.64.15.15.63.14.83.65.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring City, 6 mi away.

  • Japanese stiltgrass2 obs
  • citronella horse balm2 obs
  • Green Treefrog2 obs
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbird1 obs
  • Barn Swallow1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • White-tailed Deer1 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1 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/356784482

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