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Chapman Quad

Chapman Quad from directly overhead

Chapman Quad is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 166 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Library Lawn, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 294 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
166 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14420, -86.80090

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Library Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Magnolia Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • Peabody Esplanade: 0.2 mi
  • Commons Center Lawn: 0.2 mi
  • SLC Lawn: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 36
  • James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Negley: 1.5 mi
  • The Jungle and Juanita Historical Marker: 1.5 mi
  • Officers Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Sam Davis: 1.7 mi
Museums: 35
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 7.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 17.3 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 21.8 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 7.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Chapman Quad. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 151°370 m20.8 mi
ButeomontSSE 161°368.8 m17.1 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 156°367 m17.1 mi
Polk HillSSE 153°366 m17.9 mi
Morton KnobSSE 154°365 m17.2 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSE 163°361 m15.4 mi
McMahan KnobSSE 165°355 m15.2 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 161°353 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 5 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel524 obs
  • American Robin326 obs
  • Canada Goose234 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird192 obs
  • Mallard185 obs
  • eastern redbud174 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle169 obs
  • House Sparrow155 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/356901209

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