Austin Peay Recreation Area
Austin Peay Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 120 m. Pilot Rock stands 293 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 120 m
How to reach it
- 18.5 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
104 named places within 25 miles
- Mabel Larson Skatepark: 2.9 mi
- Clarksville Riverwalk: 2.9 mi
- Billy Dunlop Park: 3.0 mi
- Murtland Field: 3.2 mi
- Saint Bethlehem Civitan Sports Complex: 3.4 mi
- Austin Peay State University: 2.9 mi
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire: 3.2 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Gander Memorial: 7.9 mi
- Renfroe's Station: 8.3 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 2.7 mi
- As The River Flows: 2.9 mi
- Customs House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 7.9 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 7.9 mi
- Keeling Hill: 20.0 mi
- Gallion Hill: 20.0 mi
- Frazier Hill: 20.1 mi
- Brigham Hill: 20.2 mi
- Whisky Hill: 22.9 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 2.8 mi
- Remember My Name: 3.4 mi
- SRU Garden: 6.9 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 7.5 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 2.9 mi
- Excape Games: 4.4 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 15.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 4.5 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 5.4 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 5.4 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 18.9 mi
- Green Man: 2.7 mi
- Window to the World: 3.1 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 0.4 mi
- Balthrop Park: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Austin Peay Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Rock | N 7° | 293 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pine Knob | N 360° | 262 m | 24.3 mi |
| Keeling Hill | NNE 13° | 246 m | 20.0 mi |
| Gallion Hill | S 175° | 220 m | 20.0 mi |
| Frazier Hill | ESE 102° | 198 m | 20.1 mi |
| Whisky Hill | SE 131° | 195 m | 22.9 mi |
| Brigham Hill | WSW 249° | 190 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville Wwtp, 2 mi away.
- Purple Phacelia13 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander12 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird11 obs
- mayapple11 obs
- American sycamore11 obs
- Christmas fern11 obs
- American Toad11 obs
- Central Ratsnake11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356785934
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