Adventure Science Center
Adventure Science Center is a museum in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 166 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Negley, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 294 miles off.
The story
Adventure Science Center is a non-profit science museum for children located in Nashville, Tennessee. The museum features over 175 hands-on interactive exhibits with themes including biology, physics, visual perception, listening, mind, air and space, energy and earth science. The building includes 44,000 square feet of exhibit space, a 75-foot-tall adventure tower and the Sudekum Planetarium.
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Dates from 1945.
Wikidata Q25345167, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 166 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 293.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Negley: 0.1 mi
- Rose Park: 0.5 mi
- Rose Park: 0.5 mi
- Dudley Park: 0.6 mi
- Noble Park: 0.7 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 0.1 mi
- Meridian Hill: 0.5 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 1.0 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.4 mi
- Fosters Hill: 2.0 mi
- Fort Negley: 0.1 mi
- Louise & Rebecca Dudley Park: 0.6 mi
- The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Timothy Demonbreun: 1.1 mi
- Fort Nashborough: 1.2 mi
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: 0.8 mi
- Frist Art Museum: 0.9 mi
- Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame: 0.9 mi
- The Johnny Cash Museum & Cafe: 1.0 mi
- RCA Studio B: 1.0 mi
- Bending Normal: 0.4 mi
- RONE: 0.4 mi
- #educationisnotacrime: 0.5 mi
- Stix: 0.6 mi
- Life Can Be Sweet: 0.6 mi
- Arcade Street: 1.3 mi
- Printers Alley: 1.3 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 1.3 mi
- Compass: 1.6 mi
- Bell Carillon: 2.0 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 3.1 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 4.5 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 6.9 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 7.3 mi
- McCord Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Wray Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Sunken Garden: 2.2 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Cheekwood: 6.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 12.7 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 13.6 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 7.8 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 16.2 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.5 mi
- Balthrop Park: 22.5 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.0 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 20.5 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Adventure Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 155° | 370 m | 20.3 mi |
| Buteomont | SSE 166° | 368.8 m | 16.9 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 161° | 367 m | 16.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 157° | 366 m | 17.4 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 159° | 365 m | 16.7 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SSE 169° | 361 m | 15.2 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 171° | 355 m | 15.1 mi |
| Daddy Knob | SSE 166° | 353 m | 17.5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/368158231
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