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Burnett Spring

Burnett Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Burnett Spring is a spring in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Mount Cammerer stands 1,502 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bryant Town Park, a park 1.7 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 1.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.93736, -83.17871

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 55
Parks: 52
  • Bryant Town Park: 1.7 mi
  • Irish Cut Road Park: 1.7 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 1.7 mi
  • Newport City Park: 2.9 mi
  • Chestnut Hill Park: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 36
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 14
Historic sites: 10
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 15.0 mi
  • Dolly Parton childhood home: 15.0 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 19.7 mi
  • Hamblen County Veterans Memorial: 20.1 mi
  • Netherton Campus Gate: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Cosby Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 17.2 mi
Springs: 6
Rest areas: 4
Artworks: 4
  • Dolly Parton: 22.2 mi
  • Veterans Statue: 22.2 mi
  • Fish: 23.5 mi
  • Bear: 23.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Burnett Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CammererS 175°1,502.05 m12.1 mi
Snowbird MountainSE 145°1,295 m12.4 mi
Richbut MountainS 179°1,289.02 m12.0 mi
Rag MountainSE 141°1,108 m11.4 mi
English MountainWSW 250°1,106 m7.1 mi
Turkey KnobS 173°1,105.39 m11.0 mi
Hall TopSSE 159°1,099 m5.4 mi
Hall MountainSSE 159°1,099 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3719:1119:45
June solstice06:1720:1520:53
September equinox07:2118:5719:31
December solstice07:4016:4317:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596774787771604841
Precip in3.94.24.34.14.14.34.93.83.12.43.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 1 NW, 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,6381,8742,1081,7831,3361,0478877706366517941,302

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Pigeon River AT Newport, TN, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • eastern poison ivy4 obs
  • European Starling3 obs
  • red deadnettle3 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle3 obs
  • great blue lobelia3 obs
  • Eastern Dobsonfly3 obs
  • American burnweed3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 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/553288915

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