Cairo Access Area
Cairo Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 281 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 138 m
How to reach it
- 280.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park: 1.3 mi
- Sandy Chapel Access Area: 1.4 mi
- Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area: 3.4 mi
- Odoms Bend Access Area: 3.9 mi
- Bulls Creek Access Area: 4.0 mi
- Union Hill: 7.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 9.6 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 10.1 mi
- Wolf Hill: 10.1 mi
- Stone Hill: 10.4 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 3.5 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 5.1 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 6.6 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 8.8 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 10.6 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 20.5 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 21.1 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 22.7 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 22.8 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 23.0 mi
- The Hermitage: 17.1 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 18.8 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 19.5 mi
- Visitor Center: 20.4 mi
- AxeVentures: 21.0 mi
- General Hatton: 11.2 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 20.6 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 21.8 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 21.9 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 12.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 6.9 mi
- Swimming Area: 21.7 mi
- Big Spring: 12.9 mi
- Spring Creek: 16.0 mi
- outdoor seating: 18.7 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 19.1 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 22.3 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 22.7 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 19.0 mi
- Spring Shelter: 23.6 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cairo Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSE 150° | 398 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 133° | 359 m | 23.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 167° | 357 m | 17.4 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SE 131° | 357 m | 22.5 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SSE 150° | 353 m | 16.8 mi |
| Egypt Hill | S 169° | 350 m | 17.1 mi |
| Belle Hill | SE 124° | 349 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cub Knob | ESE 118° | 336 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| 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 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 7 N, 7 mi away.
- common pawpaw36 obs
- Great Blue Heron32 obs
- White-tailed Deer32 obs
- American germander25 obs
- Pond Slider23 obs
- lizard's tail22 obs
- Great Egret19 obs
- Wingstem15 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/356867979
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 28 mi
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