Fort Granger
Fort Granger is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Figuers Bluff, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 309 miles off.
How to reach it
- 309.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinkerton Park: 0.3 mi
- The Square: 0.5 mi
- Collins Farm Historic Park: 0.8 mi
- The Park at Harlinsdale Farm: 0.9 mi
- Eastern Flank Battle Field Park: 1.2 mi
- Ropers Knob: 1.4 mi
- Green Hill: 2.1 mi
- Reid Hill: 2.5 mi
- Breezy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Winstead Hill: 2.9 mi
- Cannon: 0.4 mi
- Cannon: 0.4 mi
- Confederate Monument: 0.5 mi
- Cannon: 0.5 mi
- Cannon: 0.5 mi
- Williamson County Archives and Museum: 0.6 mi
- Lotz House Museum: 0.8 mi
- Carter House: 0.9 mi
- McLemore House: 1.1 mi
- Carnton Plantation: 1.5 mi
- Boiling Spring Academy (historical): 5.6 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 15.0 mi
- Arcade Street: 17.1 mi
- Printers Alley: 17.2 mi
- Compass: 17.4 mi
- Our Lady of Lever Lake: 13.0 mi
- Dragon: 15.0 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 15.2 mi
- Life Can Be Sweet: 15.4 mi
- The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues: 15.6 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 0.0 mi
- Wray Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.4 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 13.3 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 14.4 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 19.7 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 19.8 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 2.9 mi
- Cheekwood: 11.4 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 14.9 mi
- Sunken Garden: 15.9 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 8.4 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.4 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 12.1 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- Swimming Area: 21.5 mi
- Lillard Mill: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Fort Granger. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | ESE 103° | 370 m | 13.7 mi |
| Buteomont | E 96° | 368.8 m | 9.0 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | E 93° | 367 m | 10.3 mi |
| Polk Hill | E 93° | 366 m | 11.6 mi |
| Morton Knob | E 91° | 365 m | 10.9 mi |
| Scales Mountain | ESE 110° | 362 m | 17.2 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | E 87° | 361 m | 7.8 mi |
| McMahan Knob | E 87° | 355 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 1 mi away.
- Pipevine Swallowtail35 obs
- Hackberry Emperor31 obs
- American Robin30 obs
- Northern Mockingbird27 obs
- Virginia creeper26 obs
- mock strawberry25 obs
- American pokeweed24 obs
- Eastern Bluebird23 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 way/85845976
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