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Brush Creek Access Area

Brush Creek Access Area from directly overhead

Brush Creek Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Sliders Knob stands 344 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brush Creek Recreation Area, a park 0.1 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 15 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
117 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.23783, -87.05500

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brush Creek Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
  • 911 Memorial Playground: 1.9 mi
  • Ashland City Ballfields: 2.4 mi
  • Riverbluff Park: 2.4 mi
  • Ashland City City Park: 2.6 mi
Museums: 29
Historic sites: 28
  • James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 14.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 15.5 mi
  • Centennial Memorial: 15.6 mi
  • Statehood Memorial (McNairy Spring): 15.6 mi
  • Alvin York: 15.9 mi
Peaks: 27
Artworks: 19
  • TPFW: 11.2 mi
  • MLK Jubilee: 15.1 mi
  • Dragon: 15.5 mi
  • Musica: 15.8 mi
  • Catfish: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 18
Cliffs: 14
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 12.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brush Creek Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sliders KnobSE 143°344 m24.4 mi
Holt KnobSE 128°319 m23.2 mi
Patterson KnobSE 127°311 m23.4 mi
Flagpole HillS 189°305 m24.6 mi
Scrambler’s KnobSSE 151°303 m21.2 mi
Ropers KnobSSE 150°303 m23.9 mi
High PointSSE 165°299 m18.9 mi
Ninemile HillSE 141°279 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2619:00
June solstice05:3219:3120:10
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5615:5816:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048586674777669594839
Precip in4.25.04.45.15.64.04.53.33.63.63.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte, 8 mi away.

  • Ring-necked Snake17 obs
  • Northern Cottonmouth15 obs
  • Pond Slider12 obs
  • Common Watersnake8 obs
  • Plain-bellied Watersnake7 obs
  • Striped Shiner7 obs
  • Spotted Dusky Salamander6 obs
  • Stone Darter6 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/356891754

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