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Lytle Bend Park

Lytle Bend Park from directly overhead

Lytle Bend Park is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Heartland Park, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 291 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Metro Parks (Nashville)

How to reach it

Coordinates36.18395, -86.65995

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heartland Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ravenwood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Two Rivers Dog Park: 1.1 mi
  • Peeler Park: 1.2 mi
  • Two Rivers Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 40
Attractions: 19
Artworks: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Cheekwood: 13.7 mi
  • outdoor seating: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 10.6 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 12.9 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 18.3 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Lytle Bend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobS 174°370 m21.1 mi
ButeomontS 187°368.8 m19.1 mi
Jenkins HillS 183°367 m18.4 mi
Polk HillS 179°366 m18.6 mi
Morton KnobS 181°365 m18.2 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSW 191°361 m17.8 mi
Pilot KnobESE 103°357 m21.1 mi
McMahan KnobSSW 193°355 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3019:3020:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5515:5616:36

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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/508032727

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