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Baird Municipal Park

Baird Municipal Park from directly overhead

Baird Municipal Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is James E. Ward Agriculture Center, a park 0.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 292 miles off.

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Coordinates36.19583, -86.28358
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • James E. Ward Agriculture Center: 0.8 mi
  • Don Fox Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lebanon Sports Complex: 2.8 mi
  • Holland Ridge Community Pool: 6.4 mi
  • Hunters Point Access Area: 7.2 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 15
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Lebanon Museum and History Center: 1.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 7.7 mi
  • Gravel Road Traditions: 11.1 mi
  • Pumphouse museum: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Nature reserves: 15
Attractions: 11
Picnic sites: 5
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 17.4 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 19.3 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 20.6 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 24.1 mi
  • Dollar General bear statue: 24.4 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 23.9 mi
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Spring Shelter: 20.6 mi
  • Maney Spring: 24.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Baird Municipal Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSE 141°398 m10.8 mi
Fisher KnobSSE 149°383 m16.6 mi
Turney KnobSSE 150°379 m16.5 mi
Round Top KnobSE 133°364 m17.4 mi
Grandfather KnobS 176°363 m14.5 mi
Hawkins HillSE 143°363 m21.6 mi
Fodderstack KnobSSE 149°362 m19.0 mi
Pilot KnobESE 110°359 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2318:57
June solstice05:2919:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5315:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596876807872604941
Precip in4.74.95.04.95.64.54.83.93.83.43.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fence Lizard16 obs
  • Common Wormsnake11 obs
  • House Sparrow9 obs
  • Northern Zigzag Salamander7 obs
  • American trumpet vine7 obs
  • American Robin6 obs
  • American Toad6 obs
  • Fowler's Toad6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/468838651

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