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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 154 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stewart Creek Public Use Area, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 303 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency

How to reach it

Coordinates36.02361, -86.50427

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stewart Creek Public Use Area: 0.3 mi
  • Volunteer Park: 1.0 mi
  • Fate Sanders Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
  • Sharp Springs Park: 1.8 mi
  • Fate Sanders Recreational Area: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
  • Slave Cemetery: 1.3 mi
  • Sewart Air Force Base: 1.8 mi
  • Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 3.4 mi
  • Rosecrans Headquarters: 9.9 mi
Museums: 39
Artworks: 21
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 4.4 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 14.0 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 14.3 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 16.1 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 16.6 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 6.7 mi
  • Nashville Shores Water Park: 10.8 mi
  • Visitor Center: 10.9 mi
  • Williamson Family Farm: 11.1 mi
  • GO USA Fun Park: 12.6 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 4.3 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 4
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSW 214°370 m11.9 mi
ButeomontSW 235°368.8 m13.5 mi
Jenkins HillSW 233°367 m12.1 mi
Polk HillSW 228°366 m11.3 mi
Morton KnobSW 232°365 m11.5 mi
Grandfather KnobE 101°363 m13.6 mi
Scales MountainSSW 197°362 m13.4 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobWSW 242°361 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:07
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5616:36

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1107685449

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