Cages Bend Recreation Area
Cages Bend Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 144 m. Pilot Knob stands 357 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cages Bend Access Area, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 284 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 144 m
How to reach it
- 283.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cages Bend Access Area: 0.2 mi
- Lone Branch Access Area: 1.6 mi
- Cedar Creek Access Area: 1.8 mi
- Avondale Access Area: 2.0 mi
- Saundersville Access Area: 2.6 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.2 mi
- Fort Hill: 4.5 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 6.2 mi
- Shallow Ford Hill: 8.8 mi
- Pitt Hill: 9.2 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 2.7 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 3.2 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 4.0 mi
- Rock Castle: 4.8 mi
- Clark House Museum and Trailhead: 5.9 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 11.9 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 12.6 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 12.6 mi
- General Hatton: 14.1 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 17.4 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 10.2 mi
- Incline: 17.3 mi
- Threshold: 17.3 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 17.3 mi
- Catfish: 17.3 mi
- The Hermitage: 8.2 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 11.4 mi
- AxeVentures: 11.7 mi
- Great Big Game Show: 12.1 mi
- Madame Tussauds Nashville: 12.1 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 11.6 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 13.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.1 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.7 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 13.3 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 4.4 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.6 mi
- outdoor seating: 13.1 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 18.1 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.5 mi
- Sunken Garden: 19.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 2.4 mi
- Swimming Area: 16.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 18.6 mi
- Big Spring: 19.2 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cages Bend Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SE 136° | 357 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jennings Knob | ESE 123° | 353 m | 19.9 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SE 138° | 350 m | 17.5 mi |
| Spanish Needle Knob | E 92° | 331 m | 21.0 mi |
| Gravely Hill | NE 53° | 325 m | 20.5 mi |
| Wolf Hill | NE 54° | 324 m | 19.1 mi |
| Millstone Knob | ENE 66° | 319 m | 21.9 mi |
| Holt Knob | SSW 212° | 319 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
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 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 5 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer13 obs
- Canada Goose7 obs
- Pond Slider7 obs
- Black Vulture6 obs
- Great Blue Heron6 obs
- Belted Kingfisher5 obs
- American sweetgum5 obs
- Citrine Forktail4 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/356867976
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 29 mi
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