Park · Tennessee
Morris Park
Morris Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. The nearest named place is Woodruff-Fontaine House, a museum 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 162 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates35.14564, -90.03600
- 162.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 1.4 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 11.6 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 38.8 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Medical District Park: 0.4 mi
- Legends Park: 0.5 mi
- Winchester Park: 0.5 mi
- Vance Avenue Park: 0.9 mi
- Robert Church Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Forrest and the Memphis Slave Trade: 0.8 mi
- Mary Church Terrell: 0.8 mi
- Phi Beta Sigma Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- Church Park Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- Sara Roberta Church Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Gibson Guitar Factory Tour: 1.1 mi
- Eddie Murphy Star Marker: 1.1 mi
- Sidewalk of Stars at the Orpheum: 1.1 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.3 mi
- Mississippi River Model Walk: 1.3 mi
Museums: 29
- Woodruff-Fontaine House: 0.1 mi
- Mallory-Neely House: 0.1 mi
- Sun Studio: 0.5 mi
- Magevney House: 0.7 mi
- W. C. Handy Home and Museum: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 14.2 mi
- West Junction shore: 16.8 mi
- West Snake Beach: 16.8 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.0 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 13
- St. Jude Thaddeus: 0.6 mi
- Danny Thomas and Child: 0.7 mi
- Elvis Presley: 1.1 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 1.2 mi
- Spinners: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 7
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 5.8 mi
- Meditation Garden: 7.0 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 4.2 mi
- Audubon Park: 7.4 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 10.5 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 12.9 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 1.1 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Hopefield: 2.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 21.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- Northern Mockingbird54 obs
- American Robin39 obs
- Gulf Fritillary35 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko23 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle22 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider22 obs
- Differential Grasshopper19 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/104182825
Day trips start here
- Memphis · 1 mi
- West Memphis · 8 mi
- Bartlett · 10 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
- Southaven · 13 mi
- Olive Branch · 17 mi
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