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Commissary Hollow Access Point

Commissary Hollow Access Point from directly overhead

Commissary Hollow Access Point is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. The Mound stands 215 m to the south-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Spring Iron Furnace, a historic site 2.3 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 9.2 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
110 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.50972, -87.74986

Overlooks nearby

132 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 24
  • Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 2.3 mi
  • Cannon Monument: 5.6 mi
  • Confederate War Memorial: 6.5 mi
  • Great Western Iron Furnace: 15.4 mi
  • Gander Memorial: 18.4 mi
Peaks: 21
Cliffs: 10
Museums: 5
Attractions: 4
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Beechy Creek WMA: 21.7 mi
  • APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 22.8 mi
  • Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • KY Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
  • KY Welcome Center: 24.1 mi
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Model Spring aka Great Western Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Garnett Spring: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The MoundSSW 204°215 m9.0 mi
Durham HillS 188°206 m21.1 mi
Cooley HillSSW 195°203 m16.7 mi
Ivy HillS 185°202 m23.3 mi
Pulley HillSW 222°197 m7.9 mi
Redbank HillSW 217°196 m13.8 mi
High PlaceSSW 212°194 m24.5 mi
Nero HillWSW 241°191 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:03
June solstice05:3419:3520:13
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0016:0016:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149596775787871594940
Precip in4.24.85.25.76.04.54.33.83.63.84.34.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover 1 W, 7 mi away.

  • Virginia creeper4 obs
  • Spring Peeper2 obs
  • Pond Slider2 obs
  • American sweetgum2 obs
  • Brown Recluse2 obs
  • river cane2 obs
  • Central Ratsnake2 obs
  • Belted Kingfisher1 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/356889482

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