Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area
Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Coles Ferry Access Area, a park 1.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 284 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 283.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Coles Ferry Access Area: 1.0 mi
- Sandy Chapel Access Area: 2.0 mi
- Odoms Bend Access Area: 2.7 mi
- Bulls Creek Access Area: 2.9 mi
- Martha Gallatin Access Area: 3.0 mi
- Seay Hill: 7.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.4 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 9.8 mi
- Union Hill: 10.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 10.8 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 4.4 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 5.5 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 5.9 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 6.8 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 8.5 mi
- General Hatton: 9.3 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 17.6 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 19.4 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 19.5 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 22.4 mi
- The Hermitage: 14.2 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 15.6 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 16.3 mi
- Visitor Center: 17.2 mi
- AxeVentures: 18.4 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 17.6 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 19.6 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 19.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 19.9 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 17.2 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 22.9 mi
- Jesus Statue: 23.5 mi
- Incline: 23.7 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 23.7 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 11.1 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.3 mi
- outdoor seating: 18.4 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 24.0 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 4.7 mi
- Swimming Area: 18.3 mi
- Big Spring: 12.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 14.2 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
- Spring Shelter: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SE 143° | 398 m | 21.0 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | SSE 163° | 363 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 125° | 359 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 158° | 357 m | 15.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ESE 123° | 357 m | 21.9 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SE 140° | 353 m | 15.2 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SSE 161° | 350 m | 14.5 mi |
| Belle Hill | ESE 114° | 349 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
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 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 7 N, 7 mi away.
- House Finch4 obs
- Familiar Bluet3 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco2 obs
- Common Watersnake2 obs
- Pond Slider2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- Brilliant Jumping Spider2 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 node/356868054
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 30 mi
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