Incline
Incline is an artwork in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cumberland Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.
A long angled metal beam sticking out of the ground with a gearwheel welded to it near the top. Its from the old barge companies that used to operate on the river loading and unloading barges. It was made into an art installation back in the late 1990s.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 292.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cumberland Park: 0.0 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Metro Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.2 mi
- Commerce Center Park: 0.2 mi
- Capitol Hill: 0.7 mi
- Confederate Hill: 1.3 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 1.3 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 1.4 mi
- Meridian Hill: 1.5 mi
- Charlie Daniels Museum: 0.2 mi
- George Jones Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Christian and Gospel Music: 0.3 mi
- National Museum of African American Music: 0.4 mi
- Fort Nashborough: 0.2 mi
- Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 0.2 mi
- James Robertson and John Donelson: 0.2 mi
- Timothy Demonbreun: 0.3 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 0.3 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 0.1 mi
- Threshold: 0.1 mi
- Stix: 0.7 mi
- Catfish: 0.9 mi
- WhatLiftsYou: 1.0 mi
- Printers Alley: 0.4 mi
- Arcade Street: 0.4 mi
- Compass: 0.8 mi
- Bell Carillon: 1.1 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 2.3 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 3.7 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 4.3 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 6.4 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 7.7 mi
- McCord Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Wray Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.5 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Cheekwood: 7.7 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 14.8 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 9.0 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.2 mi
- Balthrop Park: 21.7 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.0 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.3 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 19.6 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Incline. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 157° | 370 m | 21.3 mi |
| Buteomont | SSE 167° | 368.8 m | 18.0 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 163° | 367 m | 17.8 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 159° | 366 m | 18.5 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 161° | 365 m | 17.8 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 170° | 361 m | 16.4 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 172° | 355 m | 16.3 mi |
| Daddy Knob | SSE 167° | 353 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13831173094
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