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Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch

Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch from directly overhead

Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Legislative Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.16389, -86.78347

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Legislative Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Tennessee Tower Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Church Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Victory Park: 0.2 mi
  • Frankie Pierce Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • Officers Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Sam Davis: 0.1 mi
  • Andrew Jackson: 0.2 mi
  • Alvin York: 0.2 mi
  • The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.9 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.6 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 21.3 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 8.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 155°370 m21.5 mi
ButeomontSSE 165°368.8 m18.1 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 161°367 m18.0 mi
Polk HillSSE 157°366 m18.7 mi
Morton KnobSSE 159°365 m18.0 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSE 168°361 m16.5 mi
McMahan KnobS 170°355 m16.4 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 165°353 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/1440957066

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