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Boiling Spring Academy (historical)

Boiling Spring Academy (historical) from directly overhead

Boiling Spring Academy (historical) is an attraction in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 223 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Primm Historic Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 306 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
223 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.96786, -86.77669

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Primm Historic Park: 0.1 mi
  • Crockett Park: 1.0 mi
  • Marcella Vivrette Smith Park: 1.2 mi
  • River Park: 1.4 mi
  • Flagpole Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 32
Artworks: 22
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 11.3 mi
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 11.4 mi
  • Life Can Be Sweet: 11.7 mi
  • Dragon: 11.8 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 11.9 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Belmont Mansion: 11.6 mi
  • Arcade Street: 13.6 mi
  • Printers Alley: 13.6 mi
  • Compass: 13.9 mi
  • Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 14.0 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 10
Gardens: 8
Picnic sites: 3
  • Creekside Crossing: 4.8 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Boiling Spring Academy (historical). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSE 125°370 m10.5 mi
ButeomontSE 133°368.8 m5.8 mi
Jenkins HillESE 122°367 m6.5 mi
Polk HillESE 118°366 m7.8 mi
Morton KnobESE 118°365 m7.0 mi
Scales MountainSE 128°362 m14.5 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSE 130°361 m4.0 mi
Townsel HillSE 131°359 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3219:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148576675787770594740
Precip in4.64.75.54.95.74.44.53.74.03.54.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brentwood, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/516764602

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