Big Sandy City Park
Big Sandy City Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. The Mound stands 215 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenhead Recreation Area, a park 5.2 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 21 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 29 mi
83 named places within 25 miles
- Greenhead Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- West Sandy Wildlife Management Area: 6.0 mi
- Benton County Park: 6.6 mi
- Eiffel Tower Park: 12.2 mi
- Eiffel Tower Park: 12.2 mi
- High Place: 6.5 mi
- Lathen Hill: 7.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 9.5 mi
- Bomar Hill: 11.1 mi
- Pilot Knob: 12.1 mi
- Copperas Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Douglas Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Bullard Point: 13.0 mi
- Express Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Rushing Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site: 12.7 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 21.3 mi
- Cannon Monument: 22.0 mi
- Laughlin Hall Sign: 24.7 mi
- Time Capsul: 24.7 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 12.3 mi
- WTPR Fish: 13.9 mi
- Caboose: 18.3 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 6.7 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 22.5 mi
- Paris Henry County Heritage Center: 14.0 mi
- Gordon Browning Geneological Museum and Library: 24.9 mi
- Missionary Park Picnic Site: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Sandy City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mound | NE 55° | 215 m | 18.6 mi |
| Collier Hill | ESE 113° | 208 m | 17.1 mi |
| Durham Hill | E 97° | 206 m | 16.0 mi |
| Cooley Hill | E 80° | 203 m | 15.0 mi |
| Ivy Hill | ESE 104° | 202 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 147° | 200 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pulley Hill | NE 46° | 197 m | 18.8 mi |
| Redbank Hill | NE 54° | 196 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, under a mile away.
- American White Pelican1 obs
- North American Racer1 obs
- Mississippi Slimy Salamander1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Plain-bellied Watersnake1 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle1 obs
- American pokeweed1 obs
- common selfheal1 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 way/802068075
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