Blue Horseshoe
Blue Horseshoe is an artwork in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Locust Knob stands 412 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Grove, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 316 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
- 315.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Grove: 0.1 mi
- The Uranidrome Obesrvatory: 0.1 mi
- MTSU Campus Seal: 0.3 mi
- Oaklands Park: 1.0 mi
- Oaklands Park: 1.0 mi
- Wolf Hill: 5.2 mi
- Pucket Creek Rock Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Marshall Knobs: 6.1 mi
- Barfield Knobs: 6.5 mi
- Church Knob: 7.2 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 0.9 mi
- Airplane on a Stick: 2.2 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 2.5 mi
- General Bragg Headquarters: 3.2 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 9.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 10.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 11.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 11.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 12.5 mi
- State Street Garden: 0.7 mi
- State Street Garden: 0.8 mi
- State Street Garden: 0.8 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.6 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 1.2 mi
- Discovery Center: 1.2 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 12.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 17.0 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 22.2 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 3.7 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 5.0 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 17.0 mi
- Boiling Spring Academy (historical): 24.3 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 10.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Mason Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Tarpley Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Ivy Bluff: 23.6 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 0.4 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 17.0 mi
- Hopewell: 14.4 mi
- Spring Creek: 22.0 mi
- Maney Spring: 1.0 mi
- Swimming Area: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Blue Horseshoe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Knob | SSE 163° | 412 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hickory Hill | S 183° | 405 m | 13.2 mi |
| Gowen Knob | SE 135° | 399 m | 9.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 153° | 396 m | 11.9 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | S 184° | 386 m | 13.6 mi |
| Versailles Knob | SW 227° | 381 m | 13.1 mi |
| Prater Hill | SE 141° | 378 m | 11.7 mi |
| Ransom Hill | SSW 192° | 374 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 5 N, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6970181260
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