Hematite Recreation Area
Hematite Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 110 m. Gallion Hill stands 220 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is RichEllen Park, a park 1.0 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 110 m
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 26.1 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
108 named places within 25 miles
- RichEllen Park: 1.0 mi
- Smith Branch Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Freedom Point at Liberty Park: 6.1 mi
- Remember My Name: 7.1 mi
- Norman Smith Playground: 7.3 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 7.2 mi
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire: 7.2 mi
- Austin Peay State University: 7.7 mi
- Gander Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Renfroe's Station: 15.2 mi
- Brigham Hill: 12.7 mi
- Gallion Hill: 14.2 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 18.8 mi
- The Mound: 20.7 mi
- Robinson Hill: 21.6 mi
- Customs House Museum: 7.2 mi
- As The River Flows: 7.3 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 7.6 mi
- Historic Collinsville: 10.8 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 12.8 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 11.6 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 24.4 mi
- Rushing Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Express Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Remember My Name: 7.1 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 7.8 mi
- SRU Garden: 11.8 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 12.4 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 7.4 mi
- Excape Games: 9.8 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 23.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 14.7 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 14.7 mi
- Window to the World: 7.3 mi
- Green Man: 7.7 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 9.9 mi
- Balthrop Park: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hematite Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallion Hill | SE 146° | 220 m | 14.2 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 258° | 215 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cooley Hill | WSW 240° | 203 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pulley Hill | W 265° | 197 m | 22.1 mi |
| Whisky Hill | ESE 106° | 195 m | 24.4 mi |
| Brigham Hill | W 274° | 190 m | 12.7 mi |
| Robinson Hill | WNW 285° | 180 m | 21.6 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | W 274° | 166 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
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 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville No.2, 7 mi away.
- purple passionflower5 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander4 obs
- red deadnettle4 obs
- Hackberry Emperor4 obs
- blue mistflower4 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- whitemouth dayflower3 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/356864255
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