Park · Tennessee
Frank Tobey Park
Frank Tobey Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 93 m. The nearest named place is Memphis Children's Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 163 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 93 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Memphis
How to reach it
Coordinates35.12813, -89.97396
- 162.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 12.6 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 42.2 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Tiger Lane: 0.6 mi
- Liberty Park: 0.6 mi
- Memphis Pink Palace Museum: 0.8 mi
- Bell: 1.2 mi
- Man & Guitar Statue: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- Spanish War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- J.T. Willingham Memorial Fountain: 1.6 mi
- L.B. McFarland Memorial Campanile: 1.6 mi
- Lilian May Elizabeth Nelson Byrd Memorial (DAR): 1.6 mi
- Sophie G. Freidman Memorial: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Spanish War Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Chickasaw Garden Park: 0.7 mi
- Binghampton Park: 0.9 mi
- Hanley Park: 1.0 mi
- East High Sportsplex: 1.0 mi
Museums: 29
- Memphis Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace: 0.8 mi
- Brooks Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Stax Museum: 3.3 mi
- Stax Museum: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 12.9 mi
- West Junction shore: 13.1 mi
- West Snake Beach: 13.2 mi
- West Potato Beach: 13.4 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 13.4 mi
Artworks: 13
- E. H. Crump Statue: 1.6 mi
- Ramesses the Great Statue: 2.1 mi
- Spinners: 2.7 mi
- Big Kids: 2.7 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 2.1 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Audubon Park: 3.7 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 7.8 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 9.4 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 4.8 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 6.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 18.1 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- prairie trillium202 obs
- American Robin198 obs
- mayapple196 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail189 obs
- Celandine Poppy164 obs
- common pawpaw161 obs
- Red Buckeye153 obs
- Northern Cardinal146 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/571872849
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 4 mi
- Bartlett · 8 mi
- Southaven · 11 mi
- West Memphis · 12 mi
- Marion · 14 mi
- Olive Branch · 14 mi
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