Park · Tennessee
Gaston Park
Gaston Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 92 m. The nearest named place is Patton Park, a park 0.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 160 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 92 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates35.11874, -90.05450
- 160.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- On the Great River Road, National
- 9.5 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 37.7 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Patton Park: 0.8 mi
- Booth Park: 0.9 mi
- Army Park: 1.0 mi
- Navy Park: 1.0 mi
- South Side Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Modern Movie Making in Memphis: 1.0 mi
- Site of First Memphis Telephone Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Ashburn-Coppock Park: 1.0 mi
- Memphis Martyrs: 1.1 mi
- Yellow Fever Memorial: 1.1 mi
Attractions
- Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 1.4 mi
- Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 1.5 mi
- Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 1.5 mi
- Memphis Riverboats: 1.6 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.9 mi
Museums: 29
- National Civil Rights Museum: 1.1 mi
- Blues Hall of Fame: 1.2 mi
- The Metal Museum: 1.2 mi
- Stax Museum: 1.3 mi
- Stax Museum: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 12.5 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.6 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.7 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.9 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 13
- Upstander: 1.1 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 1.4 mi
- Whirl: 1.4 mi
- Elvis Presley: 2.1 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 4.9 mi
- Audubon Park: 8.1 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 11.0 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 14.0 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 6
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.9 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Meditation Garden: 5.4 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 6.6 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 2.0 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 2.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 22.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Northern Mockingbird19 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk10 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
- American Robin9 obs
- plains coreopsis9 obs
- House Sparrow7 obs
- eastern redbud7 obs
- American pokeweed7 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/274813755
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 2 mi
- West Memphis · 7 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
- Southaven · 11 mi
- Bartlett · 12 mi
- Olive Branch · 17 mi
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