Bell Buckle Historic District
Bell Buckle Historic District is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Locust Knob stands 412 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bellbuckle Caboose, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 256 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mingle Hill: 1.8 mi
- Claxton Hill: 1.9 mi
- Epps Hills: 3.0 mi
- Bare Knob: 4.1 mi
- Soapstone Hill: 4.6 mi
- Wartrace City Park: 4.5 mi
- HV Griffon Park: 7.7 mi
- East Shelbyville Historic District: 9.0 mi
- Shelbyville Courthouse Square Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Daisye Musgrave Hulan Park: 9.6 mi
- Bellbuckle Caboose: 0.0 mi
- Beech Grove Confederate Cemetery: 6.9 mi
- MTSU Veteran's Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Fortress Rosecrans: 18.5 mi
- Geographical Center of Tennessee: 18.7 mi
- Mason Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Saltpeter Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Woods Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Tarpley Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Bald Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Tennessee Walking Horse National Museum: 4.4 mi
- Park Office / Visitor Center / Museum / Gift Shop: 15.9 mi
- Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Discovery Center: 17.3 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 17.6 mi
- Cooper Steel Arena: 8.5 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 18.6 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 20.0 mi
- Jack Daniel's Distillery: 21.1 mi
- Short Springs Natural Area: 15.5 mi
- Hickory Flat Woods WMA: 20.6 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 20.8 mi
- May Prairie Designated State Natural Area: 21.2 mi
- Natural Spring House: 13.7 mi
- Short Spring: 16.2 mi
- Maney Spring: 18.5 mi
- State Street Garden: 17.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 17.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 17.4 mi
- Hopewell: 13.4 mi
- Lillard Mill: 24.1 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 17.9 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 18.2 mi
- Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Bell Buckle Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Knob | NE 36° | 412 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hickory Hill | NNW 343° | 405 m | 4.9 mi |
| Gowen Knob | NNE 28° | 399 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NNE 32° | 396 m | 8.6 mi |
| Soapstone Hill | NNW 339° | 386 m | 4.6 mi |
| Gilly Hill | ENE 61° | 386 m | 13.5 mi |
| Flat Mountain | E 93° | 385 m | 19.6 mi |
| Versailles Knob | NW 311° | 381 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
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, 8 mi away.
- Green Lynx Spider5 obs
- Gulf Fritillary3 obs
- Brown Recluse3 obs
- Saffron Darter3 obs
- Central Ratsnake3 obs
- American Robin2 obs
- Common Garter Snake2 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 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/356882750
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