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Gaisman Park

Gaisman Park from directly overhead

Gaisman Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 1.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 166 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
78 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.16065, -89.92045

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Memphis Pink Palace Museum: 3.3 mi
  • Elk: 3.9 mi
  • Timber Wolves: 3.9 mi
  • Grizzly Bear: 3.9 mi
  • Zebra: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • L.B. McFarland Memorial Campanile: 4.2 mi
  • Sophie G. Freidman Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Lilian May Elizabeth Nelson Byrd Memorial (DAR): 4.2 mi
  • Doughboy World War I Statue: 4.2 mi
  • Margaret Polk Statue: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 21
  • West Junction shore: 10.7 mi
  • West Snake Beach: 10.7 mi
  • West Potato Beach: 10.9 mi
  • West Houston shore beach: 10.9 mi
  • East Houston shore beach: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Ramesses the Great Statue: 2.8 mi
  • The Ring of Peace: 3.8 mi
  • E. H. Crump Statue: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Shrine Grotto: 4.4 mi
  • sundial: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 7
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Memphis Propbuster's Field: 14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3819:12
June solstice05:4619:4020:18
September equinox06:4818:2518:58
December solstice07:0516:1316:52

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404352617078818074625143
Precip in4.34.85.75.95.54.74.53.43.74.24.85.7

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

  • Yellow Garden Spider19 obs
  • Common Box Turtle13 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko10 obs
  • American black elderberry10 obs
  • Fall Webworm Moth9 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary7 obs
  • lyreleaf sage7 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/274811935

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