Big Bend Recreation Area
Big Bend Recreation Area is a picnic site in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Little Frog Mountain stands 1,017 m to the south-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Towee Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Ocoee Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 250 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Ocoee Scenic Byway
- 15.3 mi off the Cherohala Skyway, National
- 23.0 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Waterfall Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Gazebo Overlook · 9 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 10 mi
- Sugerloaf Viewpoint · 11 mi
- Parksville Lake Viewpoint · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Towee Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Hiwassee State Scenic River: 1.5 mi
- Powerhouse Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Lost Creek Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Hiwassee River Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Pond Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Towee Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Big Rock Island: 2.2 mi
- White Oak Mountain: 2.5 mi
- McCulley Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Historic L&N Caboose: 9.0 mi
- Historic Firetruck: 9.1 mi
- Prayer Mountain: 13.4 mi
- Arise and Shine Marker: 13.4 mi
- Garden Tomb: 13.4 mi
- Fort Marr Blockhouse: 5.3 mi
- Company A: 9.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Etowah Carnegie Library Historical Marker: 9.1 mi
- CSA Soldiers Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Lowry Falls: 4.1 mi
- Big Lost Falls: 4.2 mi
- Coker Creek Falls (4) 45: 5.5 mi
- Benton Falls: 8.4 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- White Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Henegar Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Sivils Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Panther Bluff: 21.9 mi
- Crowder Bluff: 22.7 mi
- L&N Depot Museum: 9.1 mi
- Swift Museum: 14.5 mi
- Charles Hall Museum: 14.9 mi
- McMinn County Living Heritage Museum: 18.2 mi
- Museum Center at 5ive Points: 23.2 mi
- Parksville Beach: 11.5 mi
- Shady Beach: 13.3 mi
- Shady Beach: 13.3 mi
- Towee Creek Picnic area: 1.1 mi
- Cherokee Lake Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Northbound: 20.0 mi
- McMinn County Rest Area Southbound: 20.1 mi
- BSUMC Giving Garden: 23.3 mi
- Clearwater Spring: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Big Bend Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Frog Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,017 m | 7.9 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | SSE 160° | 1,016 m | 7.8 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SE 146° | 946 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bean Mountain;Oswald Dome | W 263° | 921 m | 5.2 mi |
| Peels High Top | ENE 78° | 907 m | 11.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | SSE 168° | 895 m | 9.1 mi |
| Peavine Mountain | SSW 194° | 864 m | 10.9 mi |
| Lowry Top | W 274° | 818 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:16 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 20:19 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:27 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:51 | 17:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tellico Plains, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356894937
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