Fort Nashborough
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Fort Nashborough is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 125 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Outstanding Nashvillian Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.
The story
Fort Nashborough, also known as Fort Bluff, Bluff Station, French Lick Fort, Cumberland River Fort and other names, was the stockade established in early 1779 in the French Lick area of the Cumberland River valley, as a forerunner to the settlement that would become the city of Nashville, Tennessee. The fort was not a military garrison. The log stockade was square in shape and covered 2 acres (8,100 m2). It contained 20 log cabins and was protection for the settlers against wild animals and Indians. James Robertson and John Donelson are considered the founders, and colloquially, the "founders of Tennessee". The fort was abandoned in 1794, but the settlement, now the city of Nashville, became the capital of the new state of Tennessee in 1843.
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Wikidata Q5471739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 292.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Metro Riverfront Park: 0.1 mi
- Commerce Center Park: 0.1 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Capitol Hill: 0.5 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 1.2 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 1.3 mi
- Confederate Hill: 1.4 mi
- Meridian Hill: 1.5 mi
- George Jones Museum: 0.1 mi
- Charlie Daniels Museum: 0.1 mi
- Museum of Christian and Gospel Music: 0.2 mi
- The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe: 0.2 mi
- National Museum of African American Music: 0.3 mi
- Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 0.0 mi
- James Robertson and John Donelson: 0.0 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 0.2 mi
- Timothy Demonbreun: 0.2 mi
- Nashville Desegregation Plaque: 0.3 mi
- Threshold: 0.1 mi
- Incline: 0.2 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 0.2 mi
- Stix: 0.7 mi
- Catfish: 0.8 mi
- Printers Alley: 0.2 mi
- Arcade Street: 0.3 mi
- Compass: 0.7 mi
- Bell Carillon: 1.0 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 2.3 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 3.9 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 4.3 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 6.6 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 7.5 mi
- McCord Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Wray Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.4 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Cheekwood: 7.6 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 14.8 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 9.0 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.3 mi
- Balthrop Park: 21.6 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.2 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.4 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 19.8 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Fort Nashborough. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 156° | 370 m | 21.4 mi |
| Buteomont | SSE 167° | 368.8 m | 18.0 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 162° | 367 m | 17.9 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 159° | 366 m | 18.5 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 160° | 365 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 170° | 361 m | 16.4 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 172° | 355 m | 16.3 mi |
| Daddy Knob | SSE 167° | 353 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/130910783
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