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Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park

Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park from directly overhead

Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 147 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cairo Access Area, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 280 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
147 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.37671, -86.35555

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 57
Museums: 16
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 13.5 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 2
  • outdoor seating: 18.8 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
  • Franklin Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Dollar General bear statue: 19.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSSE 153°398 m23.5 mi
Pilot KnobSE 136°359 m23.9 mi
Pilot KnobS 169°357 m18.5 mi
Walnut KnobSE 134°357 m23.0 mi
Jennings KnobSSE 153°353 m17.7 mi
Egypt HillS 171°350 m18.2 mi
Belle HillSE 127°349 m21.0 mi
Cub KnobESE 121°336 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2318:57
June solstice05:2919:2920:07
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566573777670574639
Precip in4.44.74.95.25.74.65.23.83.73.83.95.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bethpage 1 S, 6 mi away.

  • common pawpaw36 obs
  • Great Blue Heron32 obs
  • White-tailed Deer32 obs
  • American germander23 obs
  • Pond Slider22 obs
  • lizard's tail22 obs
  • Great Egret19 obs
  • Wingstem16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356867964

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