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Cedar Creek Access Area

Cedar Creek Access Area from directly overhead

Cedar Creek Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Branch Access Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 286 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
138 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.27866, -86.50861

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums: 36
Historic sites: 26
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 17
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 5.6 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 20.8 mi
Gardens: 6
  • outdoor seating: 14.6 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 17.2 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Cedar Creek Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSE 126°398 m23.9 mi
Pilot KnobSE 133°357 m16.6 mi
Jennings KnobESE 119°353 m18.7 mi
Egypt HillSE 134°350 m15.9 mi
Spanish Needle KnobE 88°331 m20.6 mi
Gravely HillNE 49°325 m21.3 mi
Wolf HillNE 49°324 m19.9 mi
Holt KnobSW 216°319 m21.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149596775797871604941
Precip in4.34.74.95.25.44.44.94.64.03.54.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 4 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron12 obs
  • White-tailed Deer10 obs
  • Pond Slider8 obs
  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • Belted Kingfisher6 obs
  • Black Vulture5 obs
  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • American sweetgum5 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/356874952

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