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Toll Booth Preserve

Toll Booth Preserve from directly overhead

Toll Booth Preserve is a nature reserve in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clover Bottom Mansion, a historic site 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Metropolitan Government of Nashville Davidson County

How to reach it

Coordinates36.16791, -86.65708

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Ben West Sports Complex: 1.3 mi
  • Heartland Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ravenwood Park: 1.7 mi
  • Stone Hall Park: 1.9 mi
  • Two Rivers Dog Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 40
Attractions: 19
Artworks: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 11.6 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 12.1 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 17.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Toll Booth Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobS 175°370 m20.0 mi
ButeomontS 188°368.8 m18.0 mi
Jenkins HillS 184°367 m17.3 mi
Polk HillS 179°366 m17.5 mi
Morton KnobS 182°365 m17.1 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSW 193°361 m16.8 mi
Pilot KnobE 100°357 m20.7 mi
McMahan KnobSSW 194°355 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
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/966063796

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