Museum · Tennessee
Woodruff-Fontaine House
Woodruff-Fontaine House is a museum in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. The nearest named place is Mallory-Neely House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 162 miles off.
The story
historic house in Tennessee, United States
Wikidata Q8033224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates35.14491, -90.03790
- 162.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 1.3 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.5 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 38.7 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Morris Park: 0.1 mi
- Medical District Park: 0.4 mi
- Winchester Park: 0.5 mi
- Legends Park: 0.6 mi
- Robert Church Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade: 0.7 mi
- Mary Church Terrell: 0.7 mi
- Phi Beta Sigma Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
- Church Park Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
- Sara Roberta Church Historical Marker: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 0.9 mi
- Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 1.0 mi
- Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 1.0 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.2 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.2 mi
Museums: 28
- Mallory-Neely House: 0.0 mi
- Sun Studio: 0.4 mi
- Magevney House: 0.6 mi
- W. C. Handy Home and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Fire Museum of Memphis: 0.8 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 14.1 mi
- West Junction shore: 16.9 mi
- West Snake Beach: 16.9 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.1 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.2 mi
Artworks: 13
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 0.6 mi
- Danny Thomas and Child: 0.6 mi
- Elvis Presley: 1.0 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 1.0 mi
- Whirl: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 5.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 6.9 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 4.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 7.5 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 10.5 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 13.0 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 1.0 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 2.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- 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 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1433103783
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 1 mi
- West Memphis · 8 mi
- Bartlett · 10 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
- Southaven · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 17 mi
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