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Hamilton Creek Metropolitan Park

Hamilton Creek Metropolitan Park from directly overhead

Hamilton Creek Metropolitan Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 168 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Una Recreation Park, a park 1.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 297 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
168 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.10784, -86.62361

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
Artworks: 21
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 7.6 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 8.3 mi
  • RONE: 8.6 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 20
Nature reserves: 17
Gardens: 10
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 11.0 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 13.1 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Hamilton Creek Metropolitan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobS 180°370 m15.7 mi
ButeomontSSW 198°368.8 m14.3 mi
Jenkins HillSSW 193°367 m13.5 mi
Polk HillS 187°366 m13.5 mi
Morton KnobS 191°365 m13.2 mi
Scales MountainS 171°362 m18.9 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSW 204°361 m13.4 mi
Pilot KnobE 89°357 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:2920:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250606877807973615042
Precip in4.14.44.44.75.14.34.43.73.93.33.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashville Berry FLD, 3 mi away.

  • eastern redbud17 obs
  • Great Blue Heron16 obs
  • Mallard15 obs
  • Black Vulture13 obs
  • Common Box Turtle13 obs
  • Cedar Gladecress12 obs
  • Widow's-cross12 obs
  • trifoliate orange12 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/356879286

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