Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Fishgap Hill stands 154 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Basin, a park 3.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 249 miles off. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 85 m
How to reach it
- 248.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.6 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
125 named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Basin: 3.5 mi
- Blue Bank: 3.5 mi
- Sunkist Beach Park: 3.7 mi
- South Campground: 3.8 mi
- White's Landing: 5.1 mi
- Fourteen Bend: 9.5 mi
- Kennedy: 9.8 mi
- Linda: 10.2 mi
- Stewart: 11.9 mi
- Stancil: 13.0 mi
- Carl Perkins Boyhood Home: 5.6 mi
- Caboose: 5.6 mi
- Full Throttle Distillery: 14.4 mi
- Sorgum Valley: 16.7 mi
- Freedom Square: 21.5 mi
- Battle of Island 10: 10.2 mi
- Lee Morris Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Lenox Bridge Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Burgess Chapel School: 17.6 mi
- Korean Conflict Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Dyer County Historical Society: 18.7 mi
- New Madrid Earthquake Museum: 20.3 mi
- Higgerson Landing Museum: 20.4 mi
- Magnolia Place Liberty Hall: 21.5 mi
- Geodesic Dome: 21.5 mi
- Fishgap Hill: 14.5 mi
- Mathis Hill: 16.7 mi
- Wilson Hill: 18.3 mi
- Logan Hill: 18.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 19.7 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
- Hayti Rest Area (Northbound): 17.5 mi
- Missouri Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
- Truck Parking: 18.8 mi
- Missouri Welcome Center: 18.9 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 21.5 mi
- Ann Rand: 21.5 mi
- Prometheus: 21.5 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 21.5 mi
- Ronald Reagan: 21.5 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial Garden: 21.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 21.6 mi
- American Garden: 21.6 mi
- Children's Discovery Garden: 21.6 mi
- European Garden: 21.7 mi
- Darnall Point: 11.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 22.6 mi
- Ernest Rice WMA: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishgap Hill | NNE 31° | 154 m | 14.5 mi |
| Logan Hill | ENE 58° | 154 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wilson Hill | NNE 33° | 143 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mathis Hill | NE 50° | 119 m | 16.7 mi |
| Indian Mound | NNW 333° | 96 m | 20.8 mi |
| Indian Mound | NNE 16° | 92 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Samburg WR, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356815053
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