Laguardo Recreation Area
Laguardo Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Gravel Road Traditions, a museum 2.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 285 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 285.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Coles Ferry Access Area: 2.6 mi
- Lock 4 Main Access (3): 3.1 mi
- Lone Branch Access Area: 3.1 mi
- Martha Gallatin Access Area: 3.1 mi
- Lock 4 Park: 3.2 mi
- Pilot Knob: 6.4 mi
- Seay Hill: 7.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 7.3 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 8.7 mi
- Big Hill: 9.7 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 2.2 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 2.3 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 6.7 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 7.1 mi
- Rock Castle: 8.4 mi
- General Hatton: 10.3 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 14.1 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 16.0 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 16.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.7 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 14.2 mi
- Jesus Statue: 20.0 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 20.0 mi
- Incline: 20.2 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 20.2 mi
- The Hermitage: 10.7 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 12.8 mi
- Visitor Center: 13.7 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 13.9 mi
- AxeVentures: 14.9 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 14.0 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 16.4 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.1 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 8.4 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 15.7 mi
- outdoor seating: 16.6 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 22.7 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 2.3 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.6 mi
- Spring Creek: 15.0 mi
- Big Spring: 15.3 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Laguardo Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SE 133° | 398 m | 21.8 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | SSE 154° | 363 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 145° | 357 m | 14.9 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SE 127° | 353 m | 16.2 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SSE 147° | 350 m | 14.3 mi |
| Belle Hill | ESE 107° | 349 m | 22.8 mi |
| Cub Knob | E 101° | 336 m | 22.4 mi |
| Spanish Needle Knob | E 90° | 331 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 7 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- Pond Slider3 obs
- Hackberry Emperor3 obs
- Amur honeysuckle3 obs
- Barred Owl2 obs
- Queensnake2 obs
- Osage-orange2 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/356875063
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