Polk Home
Polk Home is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Barron Hill stands 353 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Peters Episcopal Church, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 296 miles off.
Boyhood home of James K Polk the 11th President of the United States
The story
historic house in Tennessee, United States
Wikidata Q6137070, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 295.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pop Geers Park: 0.4 mi
- Pillow Park: 0.5 mi
- RIverwalk Park: 0.6 mi
- Woodland Park: 0.8 mi
- Woodlawn Park: 1.2 mi
- The Knob: 0.4 mi
- Second Knob: 0.8 mi
- Rainey Hill: 1.0 mi
- Golston Hill: 2.1 mi
- Jackson Knob: 2.8 mi
- Sellers Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Cave Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Bull Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Dorsett Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Willie Bluff: 11.1 mi
- aMuse'um: 0.1 mi
- Rattle and Snap: 7.6 mi
- Rattle and Snap Plantation: 7.7 mi
- Rippa Villa: 9.3 mi
- Lynnville Railroad Museum: 16.5 mi
- Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument: 19.4 mi
- Nathan Bedford Forrest: 19.5 mi
- Battle of Franklin State Monuments: 20.9 mi
- Civil War Brigadier Generals Monuments: 20.9 mi
- Battle of Franklin - Winstead Hill: 20.9 mi
- Saint Peters Episcopal Church: 0.0 mi
- Lillard Mill: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Polk Home. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Hill | SE 129° | 353 m | 14.2 mi |
| Flanigan Hill | SSW 205° | 351 m | 11.9 mi |
| Kansas Hill | SSW 193° | 332 m | 9.4 mi |
| Toombs Hill | SSE 163° | 332 m | 13.8 mi |
| Watts Hill | SW 216° | 318 m | 14.3 mi |
| Nodgrass Hill | SSW 193° | 307 m | 4.0 mi |
| Dean Hill | E 81° | 307 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Annie | SSE 159° | 306 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:00 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbia 3 WNW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000728OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — Polk, James K., House, reference 66000728, listed 10/15/66.
OpenStreetMap element way/687214479
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