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US HQ Major General Ulysses S. Grant

US HQ Major General Ulysses S. Grant from directly overhead

US HQ Major General Ulysses S. Grant is a historic site in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 143 m. Davis Hill stands 258 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is US Artillery Battery, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 29 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Three black inverted cannon tubes mounted on a stone base with headstones in the background and a commemorative plaque.

What the record says

Inscription
Headquarters | General U. S. Grant. | Night of April 6. 1862. | General Grant in his memoirs says:- | 'During the night rain fell in torrents and | our troops were exposed without shelter. | I made my headquarters under a tree a few hundred...

How to reach it

Coordinates35.15072, -88.32059

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • US Artillery Battery: 0.1 mi
  • US Illinois Battery: 0.1 mi
  • 16th Illinois Cavalry - Company B: 0.2 mi
  • 2nd Indiana Cavalry: 0.2 mi
  • US HQ General W.H.L. Wallace: 0.2 mi
Parks: 35
Peaks: 27
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 3
  • Crump Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Rock Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Chalybeate Spring: 11.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Shiloh National Military Park: 1.5 mi
  • Caboose: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rainbow Falls: 13.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • C.A.R.E. Honor Garden: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of US HQ Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Davis HillENE 69°258 m23.7 mi
Sand HillESE 109°227 m13.7 mi
Sand MountainNNW 339°224 m22.4 mi
Davidson HillENE 63°223 m22.3 mi
Hughes HillNE 54°221 m23.5 mi
Bonds MountainSSE 162°219 m18.8 mi
Harwell MountainSSE 168°213 m20.3 mi
Sand MountainSE 124°211 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:12
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414453627077818074635244
Precip in4.95.45.65.76.24.44.94.14.33.94.25.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah 6 SW, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/765326656

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