Park · Tennessee
Handy Park
Handy Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. The nearest named place is Rufus Thomas, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 161 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates35.13985, -90.05136
- 161.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 0.5 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 10.9 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 37.9 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Rufus Thomas: 0.0 mi
- W. C. Handy: 0.0 mi
- Ida B. Wells Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Pee Wee Saloon: 0.0 mi
- Rufus Thomas Jr. Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
Attractions
- Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 0.1 mi
- Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 0.2 mi
- Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 0.2 mi
- Memphis Riverboats: 0.5 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 0.6 mi
Parks
- Elvis Presley Plaza: 0.2 mi
- MLK Reflections Park: 0.2 mi
- Robert Church Park: 0.2 mi
- "I am a Man" Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Court Square: 0.4 mi
Museums: 29
- The Eel on Beale (Withers Museum): 0.1 mi
- W. C. Handy Home and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Memphis Rock 'N Soul Museum: 0.1 mi
- Memphis Music Hall of Fame: 0.1 mi
- Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art: 0.2 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 13.9 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.6 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.6 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.8 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.9 mi
Artworks: 13
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 0.2 mi
- Whirl: 0.5 mi
- Upstander: 0.5 mi
- Elvis Presley: 0.7 mi
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 6.6 mi
- Meditation Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 3.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 8.1 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 11.1 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 13.8 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 0.6 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 1.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 22.0 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 | 20:19 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
- Northern Mockingbird52 obs
- American Robin34 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel21 obs
- sunshine mimosa16 obs
- Differential Grasshopper15 obs
- plains coreopsis14 obs
- peppervine14 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 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 way/95136879
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 1 mi
- West Memphis · 7 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
- Bartlett · 11 mi
- Southaven · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 18 mi
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