Beech Bend Recreation Area
Beech Bend Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Horseshoe Hill stands 277 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tanyard Park, a park 0.8 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 116 m
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Spout Spring Hill: 3.4 mi
- Horses Head: 5.7 mi
- The Coalings: 6.6 mi
- Ward Hill: 8.3 mi
- Bunker Hill: 8.5 mi
- Alley Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Jennings Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Lady Finger Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Bumpers Bluff: 6.7 mi
- New Era Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Tanyard Park: 0.8 mi
- Alley Bluff Tennessee Valley Authority Wild Area: 2.1 mi
- Mousetail Landing: 2.9 mi
- Mousetail Landing: 3.3 mi
- Mousetail Landing: 4.4 mi
- T. S. Stribling Museum: 15.8 mi
- Beech River Heritage Museum: 20.0 mi
- Parker's Crossroads Civil War Battlefield: 23.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Beech Bend Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horseshoe Hill | ESE 114° | 277 m | 19.7 mi |
| Smith Hill | SE 137° | 271 m | 18.9 mi |
| Davis Hill | SSE 165° | 258 m | 24.4 mi |
| Davidson Hill | S 170° | 223 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hughes Hill | S 170° | 221 m | 18.4 mi |
| Ward Hill | SE 143° | 219 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sand Hill | NW 324° | 213 m | 19.6 mi |
| Horses Head | ESE 112° | 211 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mousetail Landing SP, 4 mi away.
- Summer Tanager2 obs
- North American Racer2 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard2 obs
- American holly2 obs
- Silver-spotted Skipper2 obs
- blue phlox2 obs
- Black Vulture1 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 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/356853861
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