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Old Fort Park

Old Fort Park from directly overhead

Old Fort Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Locust Knob stands 412 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortress Rosecrans, a historic site 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 315 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.85340, -86.41527

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 18
  • Fortress Rosecrans: 0.2 mi
  • General Bragg Headquarters: 1.1 mi
  • Michigan Historic Marker: 1.5 mi
  • Hazen's Brigade Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Artillery Monument: 2.5 mi
Museums: 7
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 9.0 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 24.8 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Blue Horseshoe: 2.6 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 2.6 mi
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 1.8 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Old Fort Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Locust KnobSSE 154°412 m15.2 mi
Hickory HillS 172°405 m13.7 mi
Gowen KnobSE 127°399 m11.8 mi
Pilot KnobSE 144°396 m13.6 mi
Soapstone HillS 173°386 m14.1 mi
Versailles KnobSW 217°381 m11.6 mi
Prater HillSE 133°378 m13.8 mi
Pinnacle HillSW 214°372 m9.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5315:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586775797872604941
Precip in4.74.95.34.84.95.75.03.64.03.54.15.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murfreesboro 5 N, 5 mi away.

  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron213 obs
  • Mallard147 obs
  • Great Blue Heron122 obs
  • American Robin102 obs
  • Canada Goose100 obs
  • Pond Slider98 obs
  • Common Watersnake95 obs
  • Muskrat88 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/356876315

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