Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum
Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum is a museum in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. The nearest named place is Bickford Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 163 miles off.
The story
The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slavehaven. Although disputed by some historians, the Burkle Estate is claimed to have been part of the Underground Railroad – a secret network of way stations to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states. The house was constructed in 1849 by a German immigrant by the name of Jacob Burkle. Since 1997 the estate is home to the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1997.
Wikidata Q4999073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 78 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 163.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 2.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 12.7 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 38.2 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bickford Park: 0.2 mi
- Greenlaw Park: 0.4 mi
- Washington Park: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi Greenbelt Park: 0.9 mi
- Brinkley Park: 0.9 mi
- Tennessee Amvets Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade: 1.2 mi
- U.s Supreme Court rules on Overton Park and I-40: 1.2 mi
- Memphis Welcome Center EGG: 1.2 mi
- B. B. King: 1.3 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.6 mi
- Fire Museum of Memphis: 1.2 mi
- Magevney House: 1.2 mi
- Mallory-Neely House: 1.4 mi
- Woodruff-Fontaine House: 1.4 mi
- The Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange: 1.6 mi
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 15.5 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.4 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.5 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.6 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.7 mi
- Danny Thomas and Child: 0.8 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 0.8 mi
- Elvis Presley: 1.2 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 1.9 mi
- Spinners: 1.9 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.0 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 6.7 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 8.2 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 3.2 mi
- Audubon Park: 8.3 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 11.4 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 13.5 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.3 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 1.4 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 10.8 mi
- Hopefield: 1.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 8.8 mi
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 21.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/788057809
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 1 mi
- West Memphis · 8 mi
- Marion · 9 mi
- Bartlett · 10 mi
- Southaven · 14 mi
- Olive Branch · 19 mi
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