Swimming Area
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 Long Hunter State Park Bryant Grove Area, a park 0.8 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 25 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 1.2 mi
- Britton Hill: 7.0 mi
- Sanford Knob: 7.1 mi
- Posey Hill: 7.1 mi
- Moor Hill: 7.7 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
- Long Hunter State Park: 2.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 4.3 mi
- Sewart Air Force Base: 4.7 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 4.8 mi
- Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 9.7 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 5.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 10.5 mi
- Croft House: 12.4 mi
- Tennessee Agricultural Museum: 12.5 mi
- Lane Motor Museum: 12.7 mi
- 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
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 6.0 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 7.4 mi
- Visitor Center: 7.7 mi
- The Hermitage: 11.0 mi
- Wave Country: 12.1 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 16.7 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Wray Bluff: 21.7 mi
- McCord Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 1.8 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 2.1 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 9.1 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 10.8 mi
- 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
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 7.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 15.6 mi
- Spring Creek: 16.5 mi
- Big Spring: 22.8 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
- Maney Spring: 16.9 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 17.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSW 203° | 370 m | 14.4 mi |
| Buteomont | SW 221° | 369 m | 15.0 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SW 219° | 367 m | 13.8 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSW 214° | 366 m | 13.2 mi |
| Morton Knob | SW 217° | 365 m | 13.2 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | ESE 112° | 363 m | 15.6 mi |
| Scales Mountain | S 190° | 362 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SW 229° | 361 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/598651787
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