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Cooter's

Cooter's from directly overhead

Cooter's is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Buteomont stands 369 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is AxeVentures, a attraction 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 289 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Ben "Cooter" Jones

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21767, -86.69789

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 40
Historic sites: 36
  • Minnesota Monument: 2.2 mi
  • U.S.C.T Monument: 2.3 mi
  • Clover Bottom Mansion: 4.3 mi
  • Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 5.6 mi
  • James Robertson and John Donelson: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 7
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Cheekwood: 13.3 mi
  • outdoor seating: 15.0 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 15.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 9.7 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 13.8 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.4 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Cooter's. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ButeomontS 180°368.8 m21.3 mi
Jenkins HillS 177°367 m20.7 mi
Polk HillS 173°366 m21.1 mi
Morton KnobS 175°365 m20.6 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobS 184°361 m19.9 mi
McMahan KnobS 186°355 m19.9 mi
Daddy KnobS 180°353 m21.9 mi
Signal KnobSSE 169°353 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5515:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/362647003

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