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Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County

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Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County is a rest area in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 402 m. Inadu Knob stands 1,814 m to the southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours, a attraction 0.6 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 9.2 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Department of Tourist Development

How to reach it

Coordinates35.81918, -83.15887

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Peaks
Waterfalls: 50
  • Buzzard Roost Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Hen Wallow Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Mouse Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • West Prong Mouse Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Upper Mouse Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
Parks: 38
Historic sites: 15
  • Dolly Parton childhood home: 12.9 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 15.4 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 19.0 mi
  • Masonic Monument: 19.6 mi
  • Ghost Town Village: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Springs: 7
Artworks: 5
  • Bear: 20.6 mi
  • Fish: 22.4 mi
  • Chief Junaluska: 22.6 mi
  • Dolly Parton: 23.0 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Vista Gardens: 20.8 mi
  • Van Lester Estate: 22.4 mi
  • Susanna Wesley Garden: 22.5 mi
  • Rhododenron Garden: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Covered bridges: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Tennessee Welcome Center - Cocke County. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Inadu KnobSW 216°1,814.36 m7.9 mi
Mount SterlingSSE 166°1,780.95 m8.4 mi
Camel Hump KnobSSW 207°1,585.36 m7.2 mi
Cosby KnobSSW 194°1,585.1 m6.4 mi
Snake Den MountainSW 220°1,578.72 m7.4 mi
Inadu MountainSW 216°1,578.03 m7.5 mi
Ross KnobSSW 199°1,549.16 m6.8 mi
Sunup KnobS 187°1,534.24 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1820:1520:53
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:4016:4417:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586672767569594942
Precip in4.23.94.74.44.66.46.54.64.02.73.44.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville 2, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1059976560

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