Lock A Recreation Area
Lock A Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 121 m. Ninemile Hill stands 279 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pardue Pond Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.7 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 23 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 121 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
- 282.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pardue Pond Wildlife Refuge: 0.7 mi
- Cheatham Damsite Access Area: 1.0 mi
- Dyson Ditch Wildlife Refuge: 1.6 mi
- Pardue Boat Launch and Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Cheatham Damsite Tailwater Access Point: 2.2 mi
- Historic Collinsville: 6.7 mi
- Customs House Museum: 17.4 mi
- As The River Flows: 18.2 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 18.9 mi
- Robertson County History Museum: 21.4 mi
- Renfroe's Station: 15.1 mi
- Austin Peay State University: 17.5 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire: 17.6 mi
- James Robertson - Founder Of Nashville: 23.9 mi
- Gallion Hill: 7.1 mi
- Whisky Hill: 9.1 mi
- Turnover Hill: 16.0 mi
- Potato Hill: 16.2 mi
- Pinhook Hill: 17.0 mi
- Window to the World: 17.5 mi
- Green Man: 17.6 mi
- TPFW: 20.0 mi
- Our Lady of Lever Lake: 22.4 mi
- MLK Jubilee: 24.0 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 18.0 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 20.2 mi
- Steam Engine: 20.2 mi
- Fontanel Mansion: 20.3 mi
- AdventureWorks Zipline Forest: 20.3 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 5.9 mi
- Paint Rock Bluff: 10.5 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 17.3 mi
- McCord Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Remember My Name: 17.4 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 17.5 mi
- Cheekwood: 23.4 mi
- Sunken Garden: 23.6 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 19.5 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 20.3 mi
- Balthrop Park: 10.2 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lock A Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninemile Hill | SE 135° | 279 m | 22.5 mi |
| Taylor Knob | ESE 101° | 264 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pinhook Hill | ESE 102° | 257 m | 17.0 mi |
| Center Avenue Hill | SW 214° | 245 m | 20.4 mi |
| Brown Hill | SSW 192° | 233 m | 19.0 mi |
| Turnover Hill | ESE 109° | 230 m | 16.0 mi |
| Gallion Hill | WSW 251° | 220 m | 7.1 mi |
| Frazier Hill | NE 40° | 198 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
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 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cheatham L&D, 2 mi away.
- Ring-necked Snake21 obs
- Widow's-cross13 obs
- Alabama lipfern12 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander11 obs
- Little Sweet Betsy11 obs
- Virginia saxifrage11 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander10 obs
- Pond Slider10 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/356891735
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