Big Bluff Creek Access Area
Big Bluff Creek Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Scrambler’s Knob stands 303 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is John C. Poole Walking Track, a park 1.6 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 18 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 119 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 284.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- John C. Poole Walking Track: 1.6 mi
- Riverbluff Park: 1.7 mi
- Ashland City City Park: 1.7 mi
- J. W. Johns, Jr. Park: 1.8 mi
- Ashland City Ballfields: 2.0 mi
- Historic Collinsville: 12.1 mi
- Belle Meade Plantation: 17.8 mi
- Cheekwood Mansion: 18.1 mi
- Tennessee State Museum: 18.8 mi
- The Upper Room: 19.1 mi
- James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 18.4 mi
- Renfroe's Station: 18.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Centennial Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Statehood Memorial (McNairy Spring): 18.9 mi
- TPFW: 14.5 mi
- MLK Jubilee: 18.5 mi
- Our Lady of Lever Lake: 19.1 mi
- Dragon: 19.1 mi
- Catfish: 19.1 mi
- Whisky Hill: 6.4 mi
- Turnover Hill: 10.6 mi
- Potato Hill: 10.7 mi
- Gallion Hill: 11.6 mi
- Pinhook Hill: 11.8 mi
- Fontanel Mansion: 15.1 mi
- AdventureWorks Zipline Forest: 15.1 mi
- Bell Carillon: 18.8 mi
- Compass: 19.1 mi
- Arcade Street: 19.5 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 11.4 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 11.9 mi
- McCord Bluff: 12.5 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 18.2 mi
- Cheekwood: 18.2 mi
- Remember My Name: 22.3 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 22.4 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 15.0 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 22.2 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 22.7 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 24.2 mi
- Balthrop Park: 8.9 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 23.8 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 16.5 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Bluff Creek Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrambler’s Knob | SSE 150° | 303 m | 25.0 mi |
| High Point | SSE 161° | 299 m | 22.3 mi |
| Ninemile Hill | SE 140° | 279 m | 17.4 mi |
| Taylor Knob | E 97° | 264 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pinhook Hill | E 96° | 257 m | 11.8 mi |
| Center Avenue Hill | SW 229° | 245 m | 21.7 mi |
| Brown Hill | SSW 208° | 233 m | 18.3 mi |
| Turnover Hill | ESE 105° | 230 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheatham L&D, 7 mi away.
- Ring-necked Snake108 obs
- Northern Cricket Frog107 obs
- Eastern Newt107 obs
- Green Treefrog95 obs
- Northern Cottonmouth77 obs
- red columbine60 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander59 obs
- Little Sweet Betsy59 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/356891749
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