Cheekwood
Cheekwood is a garden in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cheekwood Mansion, a museum 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 298 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 297.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Ninemile Hill: 1.4 mi
- Meridian Hill: 6.4 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 6.4 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 6.8 mi
- Capitol Hill: 7.3 mi
- Percy Warner Park: 1.7 mi
- Edwin Warner Park - Burch Reserve: 2.5 mi
- Edwin Warner Park: 2.8 mi
- Edwin Warner Park - Bellevue Road Playground: 3.0 mi
- Woodmont Park: 3.0 mi
- James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 5.5 mi
- Fort Negley: 6.8 mi
- The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 7.2 mi
- Louise & Rebecca Dudley Park: 7.2 mi
- Old Town Bridge: 7.3 mi
- Cheekwood Mansion: 0.1 mi
- Belle Meade Plantation: 1.3 mi
- The Upper Room: 6.0 mi
- RCA Studio B: 6.2 mi
- Adventure Science Center: 6.8 mi
- Dragon: 5.1 mi
- The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues: 6.2 mi
- Life Can Be Sweet: 6.4 mi
- Musica: 6.4 mi
- MLK Jubilee: 6.5 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 5.5 mi
- Arcade Street: 7.4 mi
- Compass: 7.5 mi
- Printers Alley: 7.5 mi
- Bell Carillon: 7.6 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 3.3 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 6.0 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 11.3 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 13.7 mi
- McCord Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Wray Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 5.5 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 9.7 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 14.7 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 5.7 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 22.9 mi
- Balthrop Park: 23.1 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 2.2 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
- Swimming Area: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Cheekwood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SE 136° | 370 m | 20.1 mi |
| Buteomont | SE 142° | 368.8 m | 15.7 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SE 137° | 367 m | 16.2 mi |
| Polk Hill | SE 134° | 366 m | 17.2 mi |
| Morton Knob | SE 135° | 365 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SE 142° | 361 m | 13.9 mi |
| McMahan Knob | SE 144° | 355 m | 13.5 mi |
| Daddy Knob | SE 143° | 353 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
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 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warner Park, 3 mi away.
- dwarf larkspur100 obs
- Barred Owl98 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty74 obs
- tall bellflower70 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort65 obs
- Purple Phacelia64 obs
- Dutchman's breeches63 obs
- common pawpaw61 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/486914522
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