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Elvis Presley Plaza

Elvis Presley Plaza from directly overhead

Elvis Presley Plaza is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. The nearest named place is Elvis Presley Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 161 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
83 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14004, -90.05433

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Elvis Presley Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Schools For Freedmen Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
  • Lansky Brothers Clothier to the King Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
  • Beale Street Center for Southern Folklore Sign: 0.1 mi
  • Hooks Brothers Photography Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
Attractions
  • Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 0.0 mi
  • Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 0.1 mi
  • Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 0.1 mi
  • Memphis Riverboats: 0.3 mi
  • Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • MLK Reflections Park: 0.1 mi
  • Handy Park: 0.2 mi
  • Beale Street Landing: 0.3 mi
  • Vance Park: 0.3 mi
  • "I am a Man" Plaza: 0.3 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Desoto Woods FootPath: 13.9 mi
  • West Junction shore: 17.7 mi
  • West Snake Beach: 17.8 mi
  • West Potato Beach: 18.0 mi
  • West Houston shore beach: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 13
  • I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 0.1 mi
  • Whirl: 0.3 mi
  • Upstander: 0.4 mi
  • Elvis Presley: 0.6 mi
  • St. Jude Thaddeus: 1.1 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Emeriti Grove: 6.7 mi
  • Meditation Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Dixon Gardens: 8.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memphis Propbuster's Field: 22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:12
June solstice05:4719:4120:19
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0616:1416:53

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424654637280838276655345
Precip in4.14.55.75.95.34.04.83.43.04.04.75.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 7 mi away.

  • Northern Mockingbird51 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
  • sunshine mimosa17 obs
  • plains coreopsis16 obs
  • Differential Grasshopper14 obs
  • peppervine14 obs
  • purple passionflower13 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 way/601460083

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