Barton Spring Public Use Area
Barton Spring Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Big Butte stands 612 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 269 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Negro Hill: 0.6 mi
- Sevenmile Hill: 3.0 mi
- Meadows Hill: 4.1 mi
- Eddy Hill: 4.3 mi
- Caruthers Hill: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Point Public Use Area: 1.4 mi
- Firelake Public Use Area: 2.1 mi
- Normandy Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Big Springs Park: 5.9 mi
- North Atlantic Street Historic District: 6.1 mi
- Bald Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Woods Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Mason Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 5.8 mi
- Hands-On Science Center: 6.4 mi
- Tullahoma History Museum: 6.7 mi
- Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 6.9 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 8.2 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 10.9 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 11.2 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 11.3 mi
- Tims Ford Nature Center: 16.2 mi
- B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 11.5 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 12.0 mi
- Bellbuckle Caboose: 12.1 mi
- Jack Daniel: 14.3 mi
- Rebel's Rest: 24.0 mi
- University of Tennessee Mural: 19.4 mi
- Dinah Shore Murals: 19.4 mi
- Franklin County Mural: 19.4 mi
- Tims Ford Lake Mural: 19.4 mi
- Short Spring: 4.1 mi
- Natural Spring House: 4.7 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 13.0 mi
- Jack Daniel's Distillery: 14.5 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 24.8 mi
- Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 25.0 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Hopewell: 18.2 mi
- Harvey's Garden: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Barton Spring Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butte | E 95° | 612 m | 17.0 mi |
| Pull Tight Hill | ESE 111° | 598 m | 20.5 mi |
| Claibornes View | SE 128° | 578 m | 23.2 mi |
| High Top | SE 143° | 574 m | 21.3 mi |
| Locust Knob | NNW 343° | 412 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hickory Hill | NNW 327° | 405 m | 16.8 mi |
| Gowen Knob | N 356° | 399 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | N 350° | 396 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
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 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 6.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wartrace 6E, 6 mi away.
- Bluegill5 obs
- buttonbush3 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Spotted Bass3 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- Common Watersnake2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- Spicebush Swallowtail2 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/356786596
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