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Swimming Area

Swimming Area from directly overhead

Swimming Area is a beach in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Marker: Sherrod Bryant, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 300 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07304, -86.52343

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Historical Marker: Sherrod Bryant: 0.0 mi
  • Long Hunter State Park Bryant Grove Area: 0.8 mi
  • Bryant Grove Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Poole Knobs Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Jones Mill Public Use Area: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
Museums: 40
Artworks: 21
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 4.8 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 13.7 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 14.3 mi
  • RONE: 14.6 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 14.6 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 9
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 17.2 mi
  • State Street Garden: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 7.6 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Swimming Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSW 203°370 m14.4 mi
ButeomontSW 221°368.8 m15.0 mi
Jenkins HillSW 219°367 m13.8 mi
Polk HillSSW 214°366 m13.2 mi
Morton KnobSW 217°365 m13.2 mi
Grandfather KnobESE 112°363 m15.6 mi
Scales MountainS 190°362 m16.5 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSW 229°361 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:07
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576674787770584739
Precip in4.34.54.75.64.85.15.23.83.63.73.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/598651787

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