Nice Mill Dam Recreation Area
Nice Mill Dam Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Versailles Knob stands 381 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is East Fork Recreation Area, a park 2.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 309 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 155 m
How to reach it
- 309.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- East Fork Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- West Fork Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Gregory Mill Park: 3.1 mi
- East Fork Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Gregory Mill Dam Park: 3.2 mi
- Smith Hill: 4.6 mi
- Blackman Hill: 4.6 mi
- Hickory Knob: 5.0 mi
- Britton Hill: 5.1 mi
- Grindstone Knob: 5.2 mi
- Rosecrans Headquarters: 3.7 mi
- Artillery Monument: 4.2 mi
- Hazen's Brigade Monument: 4.9 mi
- Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 5.0 mi
- Sam Davis Home Visitor Center and Museum: 4.0 mi
- Bradley Academy Museum and Cultural Center: 8.0 mi
- Discovery Center: 8.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon: Sadie Ford Hertitage Farm & Arts Center: 12.7 mi
- Tennessee Agricultural Museum: 17.9 mi
- James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 8.1 mi
- Blue Horseshoe: 8.3 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 8.8 mi
- Jesus Statue: 21.3 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 21.6 mi
- Williamson Family Farm: 5.1 mi
- GO USA Fun Park: 6.5 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 10.7 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 16.9 mi
- Visitor Center: 17.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 3.4 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 3.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 4.2 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 4.3 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 5.2 mi
- State Street Garden: 8.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 8.4 mi
- State Street Garden: 8.4 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 10.5 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 12.6 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 2.9 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 19.8 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 22.2 mi
- Mason Bluff: 22.5 mi
- Wray Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Spring Creek: 19.0 mi
- Hopewell: 22.6 mi
- Maney Spring: 7.4 mi
- Swimming Area: 9.7 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Nice Mill Dam Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Versailles Knob | SSW 196° | 381 m | 15.9 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | S 191° | 372 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sumner Knob | WSW 245° | 370 m | 9.8 mi |
| Buteomont | W 261° | 368.8 m | 13.4 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | W 262° | 367 m | 12.1 mi |
| Polk Hill | W 260° | 366 m | 10.8 mi |
| Morton Knob | W 263° | 365 m | 11.5 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | ENE 74° | 363 m | 11.6 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 | 18:11 | 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.
- Common Watersnake8 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth6 obs
- House Finch5 obs
- American Robin4 obs
- Queensnake4 obs
- Field madder4 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
- Virginia creeper4 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/485166648
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