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Coles Ferry Access Area

Coles Ferry Access Area from directly overhead

Coles Ferry Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area, a park 1.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 284 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
140 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.30477, -86.40277

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 14
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 10.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.5 mi
Gardens: 4
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 15.8 mi
  • outdoor seating: 18.1 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Coles Ferry Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSE 140°398 m20.8 mi
Grandfather KnobSSE 161°363 m23.3 mi
Pilot KnobESE 122°359 m22.8 mi
Pilot KnobSSE 155°357 m14.6 mi
Walnut KnobESE 120°357 m22.1 mi
Jennings KnobSE 136°353 m15.1 mi
Egypt HillSSE 157°350 m14.1 mi
Belle HillESE 112°349 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:2919:2920:07
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596876807872604941
Precip in4.74.95.04.95.64.54.83.93.83.43.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon, 7 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle5 obs
  • House Finch4 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco2 obs
  • Brilliant Jumping Spider2 obs
  • Black-shouldered Spinyleg2 obs
  • Familiar Bluet2 obs
  • Slabrock Darter2 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/356874962

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