Attraction · Tennessee
Okapi
Okapi is an attraction in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. The nearest named place is Kirk’s Dik-dik, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 163 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Memphis Zoo
How to reach it
Coordinates35.15031, -89.99384
- 163.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 13.1 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 41.1 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Kirk’s Dik-dik: 0.0 mi
- Mandrill: 0.0 mi
- Hippopotamus: 0.0 mi
- Mandarin Duck: 0.0 mi
- Ruddy Duck: 0.0 mi
Historic sites
- Korean War Memorial At Veteran's Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Memory Grove: 0.2 mi
- Margaret Polk Statue: 0.2 mi
- Memphis Belle Memorial: 0.2 mi
- 50th Anniversary Tree: 0.2 mi
Parks
- Overton Park Greensward: 0.2 mi
- Dlugach Park: 0.8 mi
- Williamson Park: 0.9 mi
- Belvedere Park: 1.1 mi
- Vollintine Park: 1.1 mi
Museums: 29
- Brooks Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- Memphis Children's Museum: 2.0 mi
- Woodruff-Fontaine House: 2.5 mi
- Mallory-Neely House: 2.5 mi
- Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace: 2.6 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 14.4 mi
- West Junction shore: 14.5 mi
- West Snake Beach: 14.5 mi
- West Potato Beach: 14.7 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 13
- E. H. Crump Statue: 0.5 mi
- Big Kids: 1.0 mi
- Spinners: 1.1 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 2.8 mi
- Danny Thomas and Child: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 3.8 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 5.3 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Audubon Park: 5.3 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 6.2 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 8.4 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 10.6 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 3.5 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 4.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 18.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1523837988
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 3 mi
- Bartlett · 8 mi
- West Memphis · 10 mi
- Marion · 12 mi
- Southaven · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 16 mi
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