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The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues

The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues from directly overhead

The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues is an artwork in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Meridian Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 294 miles off.

two polar bears throwing snowballs at each other

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14261, -86.78680

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rose Park: 0.2 mi
  • Rose Park: 0.2 mi
  • Edgehill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Flora Wilson Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Flora Wilson Community Plaza: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 35
Artworks: 19
  • Life Can Be Sweet: 0.6 mi
  • Musica: 0.7 mi
  • WhatLiftsYou: 0.8 mi
  • Bending Normal: 0.9 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 7.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 16.8 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.9 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 22.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 7.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 153°370 m20.3 mi
ButeomontSSE 163°368.8 m16.8 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 159°367 m16.7 mi
Polk HillSSE 155°366 m17.4 mi
Morton KnobSSE 156°365 m16.7 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSE 166°361 m15.1 mi
McMahan KnobSSE 168°355 m15.0 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 164°353 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13831163125

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