Bumpus Mills Recreation Area
Bumpus Mills Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 118 m. Buffalo Knob stands 217 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Saline Creek Access Point, a park 0.3 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 3.3 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 118 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
- 12.8 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 6 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Saline Creek Access Point: 0.3 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 0.6 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 0.9 mi
- Tobaccoport Public Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Neville Bay Lake Access: 1.8 mi
- Great Western Iron Furnace: 5.3 mi
- Cannon Monument: 9.3 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 12.3 mi
- Confederate Monument: 16.9 mi
- Round Top: 5.0 mi
- Robinson Hill: 6.7 mi
- Hickman Creek Hill: 10.0 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 11.7 mi
- Gordon Hill: 12.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Hillman Bluff: 17.8 mi
- Bullard Point: 18.5 mi
- Bison Range Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Cedar Pond Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
- Colson Overlook Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Jenny Ridge Picnic Area at Land Between The Lakes: 15.5 mi
- Hematite Lake Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Great West Iron Furnace: 5.3 mi
- Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes: 5.6 mi
- Hilltop Chimney: 16.5 mi
- Center Furnace Trail: 21.2 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 23.8 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 23.8 mi
- Wrather West Kentucky Museum: 24.4 mi
- Model Spring aka Great Western Spring: 5.3 mi
- Garnett Spring: 13.6 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 14.6 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 24.1 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 24.0 mi
- SRU Garden: 24.3 mi
- Golden Pond: 13.9 mi
- Murray, Kentucky: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bumpus Mills Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Knob | NNE 26° | 217 m | 23.2 mi |
| The Mound | SSE 167° | 215 m | 16.3 mi |
| Cooley Hill | S 172° | 203 m | 24.0 mi |
| Pulley Hill | S 171° | 197 m | 13.6 mi |
| Redbank Hill | S 182° | 196 m | 18.7 mi |
| Nero Hill | SSW 199° | 191 m | 15.4 mi |
| Brigham Hill | SE 133° | 190 m | 15.7 mi |
| Hickman Creek Hill | SSW 194° | 189 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover 1 W, 10 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- Little Brown Skink3 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- Black Kingsnake2 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
- Fowler's Toad2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Chipping Sparrow1 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/356849098
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