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Burgess Chapel School

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Burgess Chapel School from directly overhead

Burgess Chapel School is a historic site in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Horns Bluff stands 92 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Evansville Park, a park 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 233 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
82 m
Inscription
Water fountain for the school. Large concrete basin that children drank out of.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.04837, -89.42775

72 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 41
  • Evansville Park: 1.1 mi
  • Future City Recreation Grounds: 1.9 mi
  • Okeena Park: 2.0 mi
  • Okeena Park: 2.0 mi
  • Nichols Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Fallen Firefighter Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Korean Conflict Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Dyer County Veterans Walk: 2.6 mi
  • Lenox Bridge Memorial: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 2.7 mi
  • Missouri Welcome Center: 21.8 mi
  • Hayti Rest Area (Northbound): 21.8 mi
  • Truck Parking: 24.2 mi
  • Truck Parking: 24.2 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Sorgum Valley: 3.9 mi
  • Full Throttle Distillery: 17.1 mi
  • Carl Perkins Boyhood Home: 22.7 mi
  • Caboose: 22.7 mi
Museums: 2
  • Dyer County Historical Society: 2.7 mi
  • The Veterans' Museum: 10.7 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Maury City Our Home Town: 19.7 mi
Peaks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burgess Chapel School. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horns BluffSE 126°92 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3619:10
June solstice05:4219:4020:19
September equinox06:4618:2218:56
December solstice07:0516:0816:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384251607078807973614942
Precip in3.84.65.95.15.44.54.33.32.64.24.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyersburg Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356850479

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