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Eastern Flank Battle Field Park

Eastern Flank Battle Field Park from directly overhead

Eastern Flank Battle Field Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Carnton Plantation, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 310 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.90753, -86.86053

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 43
Museums: 31
Cliffs: 19
Attractions: 19
Artworks: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Creekside Crossing: 9.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 19.4 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Eastern Flank Battle Field Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobE 98°370 m13.4 mi
ButeomontE 89°368.8 m8.9 mi
Jenkins HillE 86°367 m10.3 mi
Polk HillE 88°366 m11.6 mi
Morton KnobE 85°365 m10.9 mi
Scales MountainESE 107°362 m16.8 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobENE 78°361 m7.9 mi
McMahan KnobENE 77°355 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3219:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5816:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596776807972614942
Precip in4.34.85.25.25.44.44.63.64.03.53.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 2 mi away.

  • American Robin28 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail24 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird21 obs
  • American pokeweed18 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel17 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee17 obs
  • Black Swallowtail15 obs
  • Northern Cardinal14 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 66000734OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/544667981

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