Benton County Park
Benton County Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 116 m. Slaughter Hill stands 246 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Copperas Bluff, a cliff 3.9 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 17 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 116 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 26 mi
89 named places within 25 miles
- Big Sandy City Park: 6.6 mi
- Greenhead Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- West Sandy Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Big Eagle Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Paris Landing: 12.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 4.0 mi
- High Place: 4.4 mi
- Bomar Hill: 6.1 mi
- Redbank Hill: 7.1 mi
- Parker Hill: 7.2 mi
- Copperas Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Douglas Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Bullard Point: 7.0 mi
- Express Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Rushing Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 16.2 mi
- Cannon Monument: 16.8 mi
- Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site: 17.6 mi
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 19.0 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 17.9 mi
- WTPR Fish: 19.3 mi
- Caboose: 24.7 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 8.8 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 21.8 mi
- Missionary Park Picnic Site: 16.6 mi
- Paris Henry County Heritage Center: 19.4 mi
- Nolan Spring: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Benton County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slaughter Hill | SE 125° | 246 m | 21.6 mi |
| The Mound | NE 48° | 215 m | 12.4 mi |
| Collier Hill | SE 133° | 208 m | 13.3 mi |
| Durham Hill | ESE 114° | 206 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cooley Hill | E 88° | 203 m | 8.6 mi |
| Ivy Hill | ESE 122° | 202 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 178° | 200 m | 12.6 mi |
| Pulley Hill | NE 35° | 197 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Sandy, 7 mi away.
- Mississippi Slimy Salamander1 obs
- Northern Map Turtle1 obs
- eastern redbud1 obs
- Jacob's ladder1 obs
- Magnificent Bryozoan1 obs
- foxglove beardtongue1 obs
- Eastern Giant Swallowtail1 obs
- Wingstem1 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/356854059
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