Lewis State Forest
Lewis State Forest is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 284 m. Watts Hill stands 318 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilhelm Tellplatz Park, a park 3.6 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 7.7 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 284 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee Division of Forestry
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
99 named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 6.4 mi
- Horseshoe Hill: 6.8 mi
- Rabbitt Knob: 10.4 mi
- Kittrell Hill: 12.2 mi
- Fourmile Board Hill: 13.4 mi
- Squeeze Up Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Grinder Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Rock Hole Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Wilhelm Tellplatz Park: 3.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Meriwether Lewis National Monument: 7.9 mi
- Napier Furnaces Historic District: 8.3 mi
- Laurel Hill Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Elephant Discovery Center: 3.7 mi
- Lewis County Museum: 3.7 mi
- David Crockett Museum: 21.9 mi
- T. S. Stribling Museum: 23.7 mi
- david crockett house: 24.1 mi
- Cave Spring: 20.8 mi
- Mill Spring: 21.4 mi
- Arnold Hollow Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cave Spring: 24.3 mi
- Crockett Falls: 22.0 mi
- Happy Hollow Wildlfe Management Area: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lewis State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watts Hill | E 101° | 318 m | 23.8 mi |
| Rockdale Hill | E 100° | 314 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tie Camp Hill | SSW 196° | 312 m | 17.0 mi |
| Fourmile Board Hill | SSW 206° | 300 m | 13.4 mi |
| Kincade Hill | NE 56° | 293 m | 19.1 mi |
| Dug Hill | SSW 203° | 289 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 200° | 286 m | 6.4 mi |
| McClanahan Hill | ENE 71° | 283 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hohenwald, 5 mi away.
- bloodroot2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- Duck Darter2 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- Pine Snake1 obs
- Common Watersnake1 obs
- yellow lady's slipper1 obs
- Rainbow Darter1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1482262008
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