Grandmothers Building
Grandmothers Building is a cliff in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 157 m. Horseshoe Hill stands 277 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Hollow Wildlfe Management Area, a nature reserve 3.1 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 24 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 157 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
77 named places within 25 miles
- McCoy Hill: 7.1 mi
- Rushing Hill: 7.2 mi
- Jones Hill: 7.2 mi
- McCollum Hill: 11.4 mi
- Fowlkes Hill: 12.6 mi
- C.A. Thompson Park: 15.3 mi
- Centerville River Park: 15.5 mi
- Doyle and Fay Bowen Memorial Park: 15.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 16.6 mi
- Asbury Park: 16.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Grandfathers Building: 4.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Pace Bluff: 6.3 mi
- McCann Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Happy Hollow Wildlfe Management Area: 3.1 mi
- Lewis State Forest: 24.3 mi
- Lee & Gould Furnace: 5.9 mi
- Lee & Gould Furnace: 5.9 mi
- Elephant Discovery Center: 23.1 mi
- Lewis County Museum: 23.1 mi
- Nolan Spring: 9.7 mi
- Missionary Park Picnic Site: 17.6 mi
- Steam Engine: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grandmothers Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Hill | S 179° | 277 m | 24.4 mi |
| Campbell Hill | E 95° | 270 m | 22.6 mi |
| Tanbark Hill | NE 55° | 247 m | 16.3 mi |
| Slaughter Hill | NNE 12° | 246 m | 17.0 mi |
| Center Avenue Hill | NE 51° | 245 m | 24.3 mi |
| Balding Knob | NNE 26° | 237 m | 13.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | E 85° | 236 m | 18.4 mi |
| McCollum Hill | ESE 121° | 222 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lobelville, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356891649
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