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Odoms Bend Access Area

Odoms Bend Access Area from directly overhead

Odoms Bend Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bulls Creek Access Area, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 282 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
136 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.33949, -86.42916

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 59
Museums: 33
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 17
Nature reserves: 15
Cliffs: 13
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 9.0 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 24.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • outdoor seating: 15.7 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.5 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Robertson County Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
  • Franklin Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Odoms Bend Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceSE 141°398 m23.6 mi
Pilot KnobSSE 154°357 m17.4 mi
Walnut KnobESE 123°357 m24.6 mi
Jennings KnobSE 138°353 m17.8 mi
Egypt HillSSE 156°350 m16.9 mi
Belle HillESE 116°349 m23.2 mi
Cub KnobESE 110°336 m22.4 mi
Spanish Needle KnobESE 102°331 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:2919:2920:07
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5415:5516:35

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374249586775797771604841
Precip in4.74.95.04.95.54.23.94.03.53.33.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 7 N, 10 mi away.

  • Pond Slider8 obs
  • Common Box Turtle7 obs
  • Central Ratsnake4 obs
  • Eastern Musk Turtle3 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail3 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Cave Salamander2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356868133

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