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Gentry Park

Gentry Park from directly overhead

Gentry Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Flagpole Hill stands 305 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brown Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 16 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.03867, -87.27584

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mark Whitaker Memorial Fields: 2.2 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
  • Waychoff Park: 6.8 mi
  • Holland Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 37
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 12
Museums: 7
Attractions: 1
  • Steam Engine: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 20.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 21.7 mi
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gentry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagpole HillSE 141°305 m13.6 mi
Gravel HillSSE 148°304 m23.5 mi
Scrambler’s KnobESE 102°303 m23.0 mi
High PointESE 104°299 m17.8 mi
Beckett HillSE 142°293 m15.9 mi
High GroundSE 146°292 m13.9 mi
Elam HillSSE 160°282 m19.2 mi
Vestal HillSSE 152°281 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2719:01
June solstice05:3319:3220:10
September equinox06:3818:1418:48
December solstice06:5715:5916:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364049576573767568574739
Precip in4.15.05.45.25.54.34.53.53.94.04.05.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery Bell SP, 4 mi away.

  • Common Box Turtle8 obs
  • butterfly milkweed6 obs
  • lyreleaf sage4 obs
  • Christmas fern3 obs
  • kudzu3 obs
  • Spring Ladies' Tresses3 obs
  • narrowleaf mountainmint3 obs
  • Smooth Ticktrefoil3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356804895

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