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Bass Park

Bass Park from directly overhead

Bass Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lockeland Springs Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 292 miles off.

Smallest park in the Metro area

How to reach it

Coordinates36.17524, -86.74172

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lockeland Springs Park: 0.2 mi
  • Shelby Walk Park: 0.4 mi
  • Shelby Park: 0.7 mi
  • East Park: 1.0 mi
  • East Park: 1.1 mi
Museums: 39
Historic sites: 36
  • Fort Nashborough: 2.0 mi
  • Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 2.0 mi
  • Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 2.0 mi
  • James Robertson and John Donelson: 2.0 mi
  • Nashville Desegregation Plaque: 2.1 mi
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
  • Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Printers Alley: 2.2 mi
  • Arcade Street: 2.3 mi
  • Compass: 2.5 mi
  • Bell Carillon: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 8
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Creekside Crossing: 10.2 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 13.5 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.1 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 11.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Bass Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 162°370 m21.4 mi
ButeomontS 173°368.8 m18.5 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 169°367 m18.1 mi
Polk HillSSE 165°366 m18.7 mi
Morton KnobSSE 167°365 m18.1 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobS 176°361 m16.9 mi
McMahan KnobS 178°355 m16.9 mi
Daddy KnobS 173°353 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

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, 1 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer105 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail91 obs
  • Mallard87 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary84 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee77 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle73 obs
  • American sycamore71 obs
  • American Robin63 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 way/471109537

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