Bull Run Recreation Area
Bull Run Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Pleasant Hill Knob stands 361 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Caldwell Nature Park, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 289 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 122 m
How to reach it
- 288.9 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.5 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Caldwell Nature Park: 0.6 mi
- 911 Memorial Playground: 2.5 mi
- Brush Creek Recreation Area: 3.8 mi
- Brush Creek Access Area: 3.9 mi
- Poplar Creek Trailhead: 5.4 mi
- Potato Hill: 3.4 mi
- Turnover Hill: 4.5 mi
- Pinhook Hill: 6.5 mi
- Whisky Hill: 9.8 mi
- Ninemile Hill: 10.2 mi
- Belle Meade Plantation: 10.3 mi
- Cheekwood Mansion: 10.8 mi
- Tennessee State Museum: 11.6 mi
- The Upper Room: 11.7 mi
- RCA Studio B: 11.9 mi
- James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 11.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Centennial Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Statehood Memorial (McNairy Spring): 11.7 mi
- Alvin York: 12.0 mi
- Fontanel Mansion: 9.4 mi
- AdventureWorks Zipline Forest: 9.4 mi
- Bell Carillon: 11.6 mi
- Compass: 11.9 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 12.2 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 4.6 mi
- McCord Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 10.7 mi
- Wray Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 10.7 mi
- Cheekwood: 10.9 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 15.2 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 20.3 mi
- outdoor seating: 22.7 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 7.6 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 14.7 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 15.8 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 18.6 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Balthrop Park: 12.8 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 16.4 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 23.6 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 9.4 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bull Run Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SE 143° | 361 m | 24.7 mi |
| McMahan Knob | SE 144° | 355 m | 24.4 mi |
| Sliders Knob | SSE 149° | 344 m | 21.1 mi |
| Holt Knob | SE 131° | 319 m | 19.4 mi |
| Harvey Knobs | SSE 149° | 315 m | 22.5 mi |
| Patterson Knob | SE 130° | 311 m | 19.6 mi |
| Flagpole Hill | SSW 198° | 305 m | 24.0 mi |
| Scrambler’s Knob | SSE 159° | 303 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kingston Springs, 10 mi away.
- Northern Zigzag Salamander10 obs
- Pond Slider8 obs
- Jacob's ladder6 obs
- Eastern Pricklypear6 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander5 obs
- Common Watersnake5 obs
- Common Box Turtle5 obs
- Purple Phacelia5 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/473988603
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