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Lone Branch Access Area

Lone Branch Access Area from directly overhead

Lone Branch Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Creek Access Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 285 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
138 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.28429, -86.50122

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 36
Historic sites: 26
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 17
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Picnic sites: 6
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 5.7 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.1 mi
Gardens: 6
  • outdoor seating: 14.6 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 19.8 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Lone Branch Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSE 127°398 m23.8 mi
Pilot KnobSE 135°357 m16.6 mi
Jennings KnobESE 120°353 m18.6 mi
Egypt HillSE 136°350 m15.9 mi
Spanish Needle KnobE 89°331 m20.2 mi
Gravely HillNE 49°325 m20.7 mi
Wolf HillNE 49°324 m19.3 mi
Holt KnobSW 216°319 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149596775797871604941
Precip in4.34.74.95.25.44.44.94.64.03.54.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 4 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron11 obs
  • White-tailed Deer8 obs
  • Canada Goose7 obs
  • Pond Slider7 obs
  • American sweetgum5 obs
  • Black Vulture4 obs
  • Common Box Turtle4 obs
  • Threadfin Shad4 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 way/531995173

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