Fort Pillow State Park
Fort Pillow State Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Millstone Mountain stands 121 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Chickasaw Bluff Number One, a cliff 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 197 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 85 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee State Parks
How to reach it
- 196.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 25.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
- 45.0 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
78 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Pillow State Historic Area: 1.0 mi
- McGavock-Grider Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Irma Belcher Park: 7.6 mi
- Hale Avenue Historic District: 8.0 mi
- Rodney Anders Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Mississippi County Museum: 8.0 mi
- Hampson Archeological Museum State Park: 11.3 mi
- Tipton County Museum: 12.2 mi
- Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 15.9 mi
- Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 16.0 mi
- Mississippi County Penal Farm WPA Marker: 11.9 mi
- World War II POW Camp: 15.8 mi
- W.R. Dyess Memorial: 20.3 mi
- Pentecostal Church: 22.9 mi
- North Sawba Cemetery Memorial: 23.1 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number One: 0.7 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Two: 8.9 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 24.4 mi
- Millstone Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Chickasawba Mound: 21.2 mi
- Johnny Cash Boyhood Home: 21.9 mi
- Lights of the Delta: 22.2 mi
- Big Lake Wildlife Management Area: 24.5 mi
- Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge: 24.5 mi
- Blytheville Prayer Garden: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Pillow State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millstone Mountain | E 91° | 121 m | 9.3 mi |
| Chickasawba Mound | NNW 349° | 79 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
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 | 41 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Covington 3 SW, 10 mi away.
- Summer Tanager7 obs
- Eastern Wood-Pewee6 obs
- Christmas fern6 obs
- Carolina Wren5 obs
- mayapple5 obs
- northern spicebush5 obs
- common jewelweed4 obs
- Oyster Mushroom4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1490791047
Day trips start here
- Bartlett · 30 mi
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