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J Dan Buckner Park

J Dan Buckner Park from directly overhead

J Dan Buckner Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 254 m. Flagpole Hill stands 305 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Henslee Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 23 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
254 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.09117, -87.41085

107 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 57
  • Henslee Park: 0.7 mi
  • Nick's Concrete Wonderland: 1.6 mi
  • Waychoff Park: 1.6 mi
  • Holland Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mark Whitaker Memorial Fields: 6.2 mi
Peaks: 26
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Steam Engine: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Missionary Park Picnic Site: 19.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Nolan Spring: 20.3 mi
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flagpole HillSE 131°305 m21.5 mi
Beckett HillSE 133°293 m23.7 mi
High GroundSE 134°292 m21.6 mi
Vestal HillSE 140°281 m24.5 mi
Jim HillSE 129°280 m24.3 mi
Campbell HillSSE 166°270 m19.3 mi
Oil Well HillSE 144°262 m22.2 mi
Brown HillSSE 151°256 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:02
June solstice05:3419:3320:11
September equinox06:3818:1418:48
December solstice06:5716:0016:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149596674777670594841
Precip in4.34.95.44.95.84.04.63.43.44.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dickson, 1 mi away.

  • American tuliptree7 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird6 obs
  • lyreleaf sage4 obs
  • shining sumac4 obs
  • Eastern Towhee3 obs
  • mayapple3 obs
  • American sweetgum3 obs
  • Virginia creeper3 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/356878234

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