Kirby Pocket Day Use Area
Kirby Pocket Day Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. Fishgap Hill stands 154 m to the north-northeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Spicer Park, a park 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 256 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 87 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tennessee State Parks
How to reach it
- 256.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 17.0 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
114 named places within 25 miles
- Spicer Park: 1.2 mi
- Samburg City Park: 1.4 mi
- Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge: 3.1 mi
- Reelfoot State Wildlife Management Area: 3.6 mi
- South Campground: 4.3 mi
- Caboose: 7.2 mi
- Carl Perkins Boyhood Home: 7.2 mi
- S.T.E.M. Landing: 15.2 mi
- Freedom Square: 15.2 mi
- The Settlement: 15.2 mi
- Linda: 11.6 mi
- Stewart: 15.5 mi
- Three States: 15.7 mi
- Fourteen Bend: 16.0 mi
- Kennedy: 16.7 mi
- Fishgap Hill: 6.7 mi
- Mathis Hill: 9.3 mi
- Wilson Hill: 10.4 mi
- Logan Hill: 11.5 mi
- Indian Mound: 12.4 mi
- Battle of Island 10: 8.3 mi
- Central School Monument: 15.2 mi
- Lee Morris Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Casey Jones Marker: 20.3 mi
- Lenox Bridge Memorial: 21.2 mi
- Warren Thomas Museum: 14.7 mi
- Geodesic Dome: 15.2 mi
- Magnolia Place Liberty Hall: 15.2 mi
- Discovery Center: 15.2 mi
- New Madrid Earthquake Museum: 16.6 mi
- Armed Forces Memorial Garden: 15.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.2 mi
- American Garden: 15.2 mi
- Children's Discovery Garden: 15.3 mi
- European Garden: 15.3 mi
- Abraham Lincoln: 15.2 mi
- Ann Rand: 15.2 mi
- Prometheus: 15.2 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 15.2 mi
- Ronald Reagan: 15.2 mi
- Truck Parking: 17.1 mi
- Missouri Welcome Center: 17.2 mi
- Marston Rest Area (Southbound): 17.2 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
- Hayti Rest Area (Northbound): 23.8 mi
- Darnall Point: 10.9 mi
- Three Ponds Bluff: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kirby Pocket Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishgap Hill | NNE 26° | 154 m | 6.7 mi |
| Logan Hill | ENE 74° | 154 m | 11.5 mi |
| Wilson Hill | NNE 31° | 143 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mathis Hill | ENE 63° | 119 m | 9.3 mi |
| Indian Mound | NW 311° | 96 m | 18.4 mi |
| Indian Mound | N 5° | 92 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
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 | 35 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Samburg WR, 4 mi away.
- Bold Jumping Spider22 obs
- Dark Fishing Spider19 obs
- Tan Jumping Spider17 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk15 obs
- Six-spotted Fishing Spider15 obs
- Brown Recluse11 obs
- Bronze Jumping Spider11 obs
- Diamondback Watersnake10 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/1509538284
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