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Southern Railway Historical Assoc

Southern Railway Historical Assoc from directly overhead

Southern Railway Historical Assoc is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Louisville & Nashville Historical Society, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.6 miles off.

Office and archives of the Southern Railway Historical Assoc. Not open to the public.

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Getting there

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Coordinates35.06517, -85.20571

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Hills Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lake Hills Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sterchi Farm: 1.5 mi
  • Sherman Reservation Civil War National Military Park: 2.0 mi
  • 73rd Pennsylvania Reservation: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • 2nd Minnesota Regiment Monument: 3.2 mi
  • Illinois State Monument: 4.5 mi
  • Andrew's Raiders Monument: 5.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Marker: 5.1 mi
  • 4th Army Corps Monument: 5.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 37
  • Orchard Knob Reservation: 4.2 mi
  • Central of Georgia 349: 5.1 mi
  • Freedom Church: 5.8 mi
  • Brainard Optimist Drag Strip: 6.1 mi
  • Fireball: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 28
Waterfalls: 26
  • Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 9.4 mi
  • Glen Falls 15: 9.4 mi
  • Upper Glen Falls 12: 9.4 mi
  • Falling Water Falls 110: 9.6 mi
  • Rainbow Falls 40: 10.0 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Blue Cross Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 6.4 mi
  • rain garden: 7.0 mi
  • Garden of Prayer: 8.8 mi
Springs: 7
  • Burnt Cabin Springhouse: 9.7 mi
  • Straight Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Obar Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 11.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Southern Railway Historical Assoc. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 216°647 m19.4 mi
Buck KnobN 350°625 m20.7 mi
Suck Creek MountainWNW 302°624.84 m15.2 mi
Round KnobNW 304°601 m11.0 mi
Buck KnobNW 326°595 m12.2 mi
Elder MountainWNW 285°569 m11.1 mi
Raccoon MountainW 263°563 m10.6 mi
The HellicanNNW 334°562 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:1919:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5417:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653627077818074635144
Precip in5.05.05.34.93.94.25.13.74.23.64.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chattanooga AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10966558261

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