McFerrin Park
McFerrin Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Douglass Park, a park 0.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 291 miles off.
How to reach it
- 291.4 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Frederick Douglass Park: 0.4 mi
- Cleveland Park: 0.6 mi
- Cleveland Park: 0.6 mi
- East Park: 0.7 mi
- East Park: 0.7 mi
- Confederate Hill: 1.0 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.5 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 2.4 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 2.6 mi
- Meridian Hill: 2.7 mi
- Musicians Hall of Fame: 1.3 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville (MOCAN): 1.3 mi
- George Jones Museum: 1.4 mi
- Charlie Daniels Museum: 1.4 mi
- Tennessee State Museum: 1.4 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 1.1 mi
- Nashville Desegregation Plaque: 1.2 mi
- Witness Walls Memorial: 1.2 mi
- James Robertson and John Donelson: 1.2 mi
- Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 1.3 mi
- Catfish: 0.9 mi
- Threshold: 1.2 mi
- Incline: 1.2 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 1.3 mi
- Stix: 2.0 mi
- Bell Carillon: 1.3 mi
- Printers Alley: 1.3 mi
- Compass: 1.3 mi
- Arcade Street: 1.4 mi
- Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 3.2 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 5.5 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 6.0 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 8.4 mi
- McCord Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Wray Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Sunken Garden: 3.4 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Cheekwood: 8.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 16.0 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 10.3 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 14.1 mi
- Balthrop Park: 21.0 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 22.5 mi
- Swimming Area: 15.6 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 18.8 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 2.9 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of McFerrin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 159° | 370 m | 22.3 mi |
| Buteomont | SSE 169° | 368.8 m | 19.1 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 165° | 367 m | 18.9 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 161° | 366 m | 19.5 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 163° | 365 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 172° | 361 m | 17.5 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 174° | 355 m | 17.5 mi |
| Daddy Knob | S 169° | 353 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 3 mi away.
- House Sparrow120 obs
- Northern Mockingbird96 obs
- Gulf Fritillary88 obs
- American Robin67 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee67 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee64 obs
- Monarch60 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail60 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/487549697
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