Martha Gallatin Access Area
Martha Gallatin 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 Bulls Creek Access Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 282 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 138 m
How to reach it
- 282.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bulls Creek Access Area: 0.6 mi
- Cedar Grove Access Area: 0.6 mi
- Odoms Bend Access Area: 0.6 mi
- Lock 4 Park: 1.9 mi
- Lock 4 Main Access (3): 2.0 mi
- Pilot Knob: 5.5 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 6.8 mi
- Union Hill: 8.6 mi
- Stone Hill: 8.9 mi
- O'Ryan Knob: 9.0 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 2.2 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 3.6 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 5.2 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 7.1 mi
- Clark House Museum and Trailhead: 7.5 mi
- General Hatton: 12.0 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 16.4 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 17.3 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 17.4 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 22.2 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 14.6 mi
- Incline: 22.1 mi
- Jesus Statue: 22.1 mi
- Threshold: 22.1 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 22.1 mi
- The Hermitage: 12.8 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 15.5 mi
- Visitor Center: 16.3 mi
- AxeVentures: 16.5 mi
- Great Big Game Show: 16.8 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 16.2 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 18.4 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 20.1 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 20.2 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 8.4 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 24.5 mi
- outdoor seating: 15.4 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.4 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 22.7 mi
- Sunken Garden: 24.5 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 2.4 mi
- Swimming Area: 18.7 mi
- Big Spring: 15.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 16.9 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 22.0 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Martha Gallatin Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SE 139° | 398 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 152° | 357 m | 17.3 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ESE 122° | 357 m | 24.9 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SE 136° | 353 m | 18.0 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SSE 154° | 350 m | 16.8 mi |
| Belle Hill | ESE 115° | 349 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cub Knob | ESE 109° | 336 m | 22.8 mi |
| Spanish Needle Knob | E 100° | 331 m | 17.0 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, 9 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer11 obs
- Pond Slider10 obs
- Common Box Turtle5 obs
- Northern Zigzag Salamander4 obs
- Central Ratsnake4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Eastern Musk Turtle3 obs
- Eastern Cottontail3 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/356875382
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 28 mi
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