Park · Tennessee
Bickford Park
Bickford Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 77 m. The nearest named place is Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 163 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 77 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates35.16565, -90.04084
- 163.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 2.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 12.8 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 38.3 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Washington Park: 0.5 mi
- Greenlaw Park: 0.5 mi
- Mary Elizabeth Malone Park: 0.9 mi
- Guthrie Park: 0.9 mi
- Winchester Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade: 1.3 mi
- Tennessee Amvets Memorial: 1.4 mi
- U.s Supreme Court rules on Overton Park and I-40: 1.4 mi
- Memphis Welcome Center EGG: 1.4 mi
- B. B. King: 1.4 mi
Attractions
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.6 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.6 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.6 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.7 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.7 mi
Museums: 29
- Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum: 0.2 mi
- Magevney House: 1.3 mi
- Fire Museum of Memphis: 1.3 mi
- Mallory-Neely House: 1.4 mi
- Woodruff-Fontaine House: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 15.6 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.3 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.3 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.5 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.6 mi
Artworks: 13
- Danny Thomas and Child: 0.9 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 0.9 mi
- Elvis Presley: 1.4 mi
- Spinners: 1.9 mi
- Big Kids: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 2.9 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 6.6 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 3.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 8.2 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 11.3 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 13.4 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 1.5 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 10.7 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Two: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 2.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 20.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 8 mi away.
- Northern Mockingbird36 obs
- American Robin33 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
- Gulf Fritillary20 obs
- sunshine mimosa19 obs
- peppervine19 obs
- Differential Grasshopper16 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle14 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/129992420
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 1 mi
- West Memphis · 8 mi
- Bartlett · 10 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
- Southaven · 14 mi
- Olive Branch · 18 mi
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