Park · Tennessee
Highland Park
Highland Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 79 m. The nearest named place is Douglass Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 166 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 79 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.16780, -89.94157
- 165.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 15.9 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 43.8 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Douglass Park: 0.9 mi
- Jackson Park: 1.2 mi
- Gaisman Park: 1.3 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 1.5 mi
- Hollywood Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Elk: 2.9 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 2.9 mi
- Timber Wolves: 2.9 mi
- Zebra: 3.0 mi
- African Elephant: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Doughboy World War I Statue: 3.3 mi
- Margaret Polk Statue: 3.3 mi
- Memphis Belle Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Memory Grove: 3.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 3.3 mi
Museums: 29
- Museum of Science and History, Pink Palace: 3.1 mi
- Brooks Museum of Art: 3.4 mi
- Memphis Children's Museum: 3.6 mi
- Bartlett Museum: 4.8 mi
- Woodruff-Fontaine House: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 21
- West Junction shore: 12.0 mi
- West Snake Beach: 12.0 mi
- West Potato Beach: 12.2 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 12.2 mi
- East Houston shore beach: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 13
- Ramesses the Great Statue: 3.1 mi
- E. H. Crump Statue: 3.5 mi
- Big Kids: 4.1 mi
- Spinners: 4.2 mi
- The Ring of Peace: 5.1 mi
Gardens: 7
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 3.0 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 3.2 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Memphis Botanic Garden: 4.2 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Audubon Park: 4.2 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 6.9 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 8.0 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 8.8 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 6.6 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 12.5 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Two: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 15.5 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
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, 8 mi away.
- Yellow Garden Spider14 obs
- Common Box Turtle13 obs
- American black elderberry10 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko8 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle8 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider8 obs
- Banded Tussock Moth8 obs
- Fall Webworm Moth8 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/593195742
Day trips start here
- Bartlett · 5 mi
- Memphis · 6 mi
- West Memphis · 13 mi
- Southaven · 14 mi
- Marion · 15 mi
- Olive Branch · 16 mi
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