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Local Area
Schools
Personal Safety
According to Rand McNally's "Places Rated", Crossville placed
#9 in the nation in matters of personal safety and crime.
Crime has little to do with resort areas. Furthermore, the use
of private security in the resorts keeps crime virtually
non-existent in this area. Burglaries are rare, but when they
do happen, the local police enforcement can boast of a 59%
recovery rate.
Climate
The quality of climate is perhaps one of Crossville's
strongest attributes. Crossville's elevation (2,000 feet) and
southern mountain location are the principle reasons for its'
pleasant four season climate...enjoying long springs and
falls, mild winters, and summers that are quite warm during
the day but cool at night, typical of the mountain South.
Autumn is especially colorful
in Tennessee. The fall colors are celebrated in grand
style...and they well should be as more than 300 species of
hardwoods grow here, a larger variety than is found almost
anywhere in the world. Gentle fall weather allows the colors
to linger and you'll want to linger too.
Crossville's location is on the
south western side of the Appalachian Mountain range, with
Southwest prevailing winds.
• Annual average precipitation: 52 inches
• Annual average snowfall: 12 inches
• Monthly average high temperatures:
January - 39 degrees; July - 83 degrees
• Monthly average low temperatures:
January - 21 degrees; July 64 degrees
Health Care
Crossville's health care is impressive, given the size of the
community. Crossville serves as the major health care center
of most of the surrounding counties. The hospital, Cumberland
Medical Center, offers a diversification of services such as:
full accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Hospitals, emergency room facilities with 24 hour physician
coverage, an extensive care unit with telemetry, complete
medical/surgical services, diagnostic outpatient services, 24
hour ambulance delivery, ambulatory care unit/one day surgery,
nuclear medicine with ultrasound and CAT scanner, mammography
suite, and Life Star helicopter for emergency air-lift to
larger cities and hospitals. With hundreds of beds and a full
complement of physicians (1 for every 800 people) and staff,
Crossville is moving progressively forward in the health care
category. Health care is surprisingly lower in cost than most
other retirement areas.
Crossville also has nine
private clinics, Cumberland County Health Department, Plateau
Mental Health Center, numerous nursing homes and many
excellent home health care providers.
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