Cannon
Cannon is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- The Square: 0.0 mi
- Fort Granger: 0.5 mi
- Pinkerton Park: 0.5 mi
- Collins Farm Historic Park: 0.7 mi
- The Park at Harlinsdale Farm: 0.9 mi
- Ropers Knob: 1.7 mi
- Green Hill: 2.0 mi
- Reid Hill: 2.1 mi
- Breezy Hill: 2.7 mi
- Winstead Hill: 2.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 0.0 mi
- Battle of Franklin Monuments: 2.6 mi
- Civil War Brigadier Generals Monuments: 2.6 mi
- Battle of Franklin - Winstead Hill: 2.6 mi
- Battle of Franklin State Monuments: 2.6 mi
- Williamson County Archives and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Lotz House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Carter House: 0.6 mi
- McLemore House: 0.6 mi
- Carnton Plantation: 1.6 mi
- Boiling Spring Academy (historical): 5.9 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 15.1 mi
- Arcade Street: 17.3 mi
- Printers Alley: 17.3 mi
- Compass: 17.5 mi
- Our Lady of Lever Lake: 12.6 mi
- Dragon: 15.0 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 15.3 mi
- Life Can Be Sweet: 15.5 mi
- The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues: 15.7 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 0.5 mi
- Wray Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 13.4 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 14.3 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 19.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 20.1 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 3.2 mi
- Cheekwood: 11.3 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 15.9 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 8.6 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.8 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 12.0 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.5 mi
- Swimming Area: 21.9 mi
- Lillard Mill: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Cannon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | ESE 103° | 370 m | 14.1 mi |
| Buteomont | E 96° | 369 m | 9.5 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | E 93° | 367 m | 10.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | E 93° | 366 m | 12.0 mi |
| Morton Knob | E 92° | 365 m | 11.3 mi |
| Scales Mountain | ESE 110° | 362 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | E 87° | 361 m | 8.2 mi |
| McMahan Knob | E 87° | 355 m | 7.6 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 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10803454142
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