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Cheatham Damsite Access Area

Cheatham Damsite Access Area from directly overhead

Cheatham Damsite Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Ninemile Hill stands 279 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock A Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 23 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
117 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.31835, -87.20472

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 9
Museums: 8
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Smith-Trahern Mansion: 17.4 mi
  • Steam Engine: 19.9 mi
  • Historic Bell Witch Cave: 20.4 mi
  • Fontanel Mansion: 21.3 mi
  • AdventureWorks Zipline Forest: 21.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Gardens: 5
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
  • KY Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
  • KY Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 18.9 mi
  • Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Balthrop Park: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cheatham Damsite Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ninemile HillSE 133°279 m23.3 mi
Pinhook HillESE 102°257 m18.0 mi
Center Avenue HillSSW 212°245 m20.0 mi
Brown HillS 189°233 m19.0 mi
Turnover HillESE 108°230 m17.0 mi
Gallion HillWSW 246°220 m6.2 mi
Frazier HillNE 42°198 m18.0 mi
Whisky HillENE 76°195 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:01
June solstice05:3219:3220:10
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5715:5816:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384249576775797871604941
Precip in3.84.64.54.75.64.44.03.33.83.83.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheatham L&D, 1 mi away.

  • Ring-necked Snake12 obs
  • Little Sweet Betsy8 obs
  • River Cooter7 obs
  • Widow's-cross7 obs
  • Alabama lipfern7 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander6 obs
  • Osprey6 obs
  • Black Vulture5 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/356891744

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