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Adamsville Recreation Area

Adamsville Recreation Area from directly overhead

Adamsville Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Sand Hill stands 227 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Buford Pusser Home & Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 33 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
141 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.20536, -88.36560

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Adamsville War Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
  • 9th Indiana Light Artillery - Thompson's Battery: 3.9 mi
  • 9th Illinois Infantry: 3.9 mi
  • 1st Illinois Light Artillery - Battery I: 3.9 mi
  • US HQ Oglesby / Hare: 3.9 mi
Parks: 31
  • Riverside City Park: 6.2 mi
  • Wayne Jerrolds River Park: 6.2 mi
  • Shiloh National Military Park: 6.3 mi
  • Savannah Courthouse Square: 6.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 27
Museums: 10
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 3
  • Crump Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Rock Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Chalybeate Spring: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Shiloh National Military Park: 3.9 mi
  • Caboose: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rainbow Falls: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • C.A.R.E. Honor Garden: 20.8 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Adamsville Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillESE 118°227 m17.5 mi
Sand MountainNNW 342°224 m18.0 mi
Davidson HillENE 74°223 m23.3 mi
Hughes HillENE 65°221 m23.7 mi
Bonds MountainSSE 159°219 m23.2 mi
Harwell MountainSSE 164°213 m24.6 mi
Sand MountainSE 133°211 m10.8 mi
Middle MountainSSE 156°210 m21.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:12
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice06:5916:0716:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414453627077818074635244
Precip in4.95.45.65.76.24.44.94.14.33.94.25.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah 6 SW, 4 mi away.

  • Northern Cardinal1 obs
  • Cliff Swallow1 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird1 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake1 obs
  • Common Box Turtle1 obs
  • butterfly milkweed1 obs
  • Virginia creeper1 obs
  • sassafras1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356784873

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