Mona Recreation Area
Mona Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 158 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. River Road Scenic Byway passes 307 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 158 m
How to reach it
- 306.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mona Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
- East Fork Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- East Fork Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
- West Fork Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Fall Creek Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Vaughters Knob: 4.7 mi
- Mason Knob: 5.3 mi
- Halls Knob: 5.7 mi
- Church Knob: 5.8 mi
- Rucker Knob: 6.6 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 5.3 mi
- Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Artillery Monument: 6.3 mi
- Rosecrans Headquarters: 6.3 mi
- Sewart Air Force Base: 6.4 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 4.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 9.0 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 9.6 mi
- Discovery Center: 9.8 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 17.3 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 9.1 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 9.4 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 9.8 mi
- Jesus Statue: 21.9 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 22.3 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 7.7 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 7.9 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 8.9 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 16.2 mi
- Visitor Center: 16.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 0.8 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 2.2 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 2.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 3.1 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 3.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 9.0 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.8 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.8 mi
- State Street Garden: 9.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 1.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 21.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 15.3 mi
- Hopewell: 22.9 mi
- Big Spring: 23.0 mi
- Swimming Area: 8.8 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 23.5 mi
- Mason Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 23.9 mi
- Maney Spring: 8.7 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Mona Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | ENE 65° | 398 m | 15.7 mi |
| Fisher Knob | E 87° | 383 m | 16.0 mi |
| Turney Knob | E 88° | 379 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 133° | 371 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sumner Knob | WSW 240° | 370 m | 13.4 mi |
| Buteomont | WSW 253° | 368.8 m | 16.6 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | WSW 254° | 367 m | 15.2 mi |
| Polk Hill | WSW 252° | 366 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
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 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 5 N, 5 mi away.
- Bluegill13 obs
- Common Box Turtle8 obs
- eastern shooting star5 obs
- American Robin4 obs
- Heavenly bamboo4 obs
- American field pansy4 obs
- Great Blue Heron3 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 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/356876272
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