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Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2

Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2 from directly overhead

Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2 is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fall Creek Recreation Area, a park 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 304 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

How to reach it

Coordinates36.01527, -86.45532

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 41
  • Slave Cemetery: 3.0 mi
  • Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Sewart Air Force Base: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 6.2 mi
  • Rosecrans Headquarters: 8.7 mi
Museums: 38
Artworks: 20
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 7.2 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 12.2 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 12.5 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 18.8 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 5.6 mi
  • Williamson Family Farm: 10.2 mi
  • GO USA Fun Park: 11.4 mi
  • Nashville Shores Water Park: 12.9 mi
  • Visitor Center: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 2.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceENE 76°398 m16.9 mi
Sumner KnobSW 225°370 m13.2 mi
ButeomontWSW 242°368.8 m15.5 mi
Jenkins HillWSW 242°367 m14.1 mi
Polk HillWSW 238°366 m13.1 mi
Morton KnobWSW 241°365 m13.5 mi
Grandfather KnobE 101°363 m10.8 mi
Scales MountainSSW 208°362 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:07
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:5315:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576674787770584739
Precip in4.34.54.75.64.85.15.23.83.63.73.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1107676957

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