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Cold Spring

Cold Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring is a spring in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 890 m. Camp Creek Bald stands 1,480 m to the northeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrew Johnson Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Appalachian Medley passes 4.3 miles off.

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Coordinates35.97815, -82.78405

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 34
Waterfalls: 27
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 11
  • Shelton Laurel Massacre: 3.8 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 6.6 mi
  • Dixie Highway Monument: 8.3 mi
  • Moye Rest: 12.3 mi
  • McKee Street "Flagship of Greeneville Mayoralty": 12.9 mi
Museums: 6
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 12.9 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Doak House Museum: 13.6 mi
  • Rural Heritage Museum: 16.8 mi
  • David Crockett Museum: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Overlook Access: 3.6 mi
  • Love Road Picnic: 5.1 mi
  • Stephen Falls Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Murray Branch Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
  • Cold Springs Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 4
  • French Broad Rafting: 9.9 mi
  • Navitat Canopy Adventures: 22.9 mi
  • Wildwater Pigeon Rafting and Zipline Canopy Tours: 23.1 mi
  • Little Snowball Lookout Tower: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Camp Creek BaldNE 51°1,480 m5.0 mi
Little Bald MountainNE 48°1,438 m5.2 mi
Big Firescald KnobNE 52°1,382 m6.8 mi
Little Firescald KnobNE 50°1,373 m6.0 mi
Bald MountainNE 51°1,327 m8.3 mi
Andrew Johnson MountainNE 52°1,283 m8.9 mi
Big KnobE 90°1,282 m8.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 85°1,274 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:43
June solstice06:1620:1420:52
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:3916:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576673767670594842
Precip in3.73.34.03.84.55.24.74.93.42.42.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HOT Springs, 6 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs3,8213,9953,6603,6683,1762,2562,3702,3622,0141,9822,0962,852

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge French Broad River AT Hot Springs, NC, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • pale jewelweed18 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain12 obs
  • wild geranium11 obs
  • Great Spangled Fritillary10 obs
  • partridgeberry9 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail8 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs
  • fan clubmoss8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/550450879

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