Dickson Chapel Recreation Area
Dickson Chapel Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickson Bluff, a cliff 1.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 285 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 285.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunters Point Access Area: 1.9 mi
- Hartsville Access Area: 5.8 mi
- Trousdale County Park: 5.9 mi
- Trey Park: 6.8 mi
- Tobacco Bowl: 7.0 mi
- Ward Hill: 4.8 mi
- Spanish Needle Knob: 5.3 mi
- Cedar Knob: 6.8 mi
- Johnson Hill: 9.1 mi
- Sandstone Knob: 9.3 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Belchers Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 7.5 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 7.6 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 7.7 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 13.2 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 13.3 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 20.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 23.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 23.6 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 23.6 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 24.0 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 19.9 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 18.2 mi
- The Hermitage: 22.1 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 23.3 mi
- Visitor Center: 24.2 mi
- Big Spring: 5.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 10.9 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 13.5 mi
- Swimming Area: 22.9 mi
- General Hatton: 7.5 mi
- Spring Shelter: 16.1 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Dickson Chapel Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSE 166° | 398 m | 16.5 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SSE 166° | 383 m | 22.6 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSE 167° | 379 m | 22.6 mi |
| Round Top Knob | SSE 153° | 364 m | 21.8 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | S 185° | 363 m | 22.2 mi |
| Fodderstack Knob | SSE 164° | 362 m | 24.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 141° | 359 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lawrence Knob | SSE 164° | 359 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:28 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:54 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 7 N, 2 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle3 obs
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird2 obs
- Brown-headed Cowbird2 obs
- House Sparrow2 obs
- Bluegill2 obs
- purple passionflower2 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue2 obs
- green antelopehorns2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356874975
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