Old Hickory Beach Access Area
Old Hickory Beach Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 136 m. Pleasant Hill Knob stands 361 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Hickory Lake Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 284 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 136 m
How to reach it
- 284.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Old Hickory Lake Park: 0.3 mi
- Lock 3: 1.6 mi
- Old Lock Three Access Area: 1.6 mi
- Veteran's Park: 1.6 mi
- Hendersonville arboretum: 1.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 5.4 mi
- Taylor Knob: 6.1 mi
- Shallow Ford Hill: 7.0 mi
- Todd Knob: 7.7 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.0 mi
- Mansker's Station Frontier Life Center: 3.1 mi
- Rock Castle: 3.5 mi
- Cooter's: 5.3 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 5.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville (MOCAN): 8.4 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 5.1 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 5.1 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 8.2 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 10.7 mi
- Nashville Desegregation Plaque: 10.7 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 2.8 mi
- Catfish: 10.4 mi
- Threshold: 10.6 mi
- Incline: 10.7 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 10.7 mi
- AxeVentures: 5.2 mi
- The Hermitage: 5.6 mi
- The Escape Game: 6.0 mi
- Great Big Game Show: 6.0 mi
- Madame Tussauds Nashville: 6.1 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 7.2 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 7.8 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 14.3 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 17.0 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 15.2 mi
- McCord Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 4.7 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 19.1 mi
- Balthrop Park: 22.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- outdoor seating: 10.2 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 12.9 mi
- Cheekwood: 18.3 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 10.4 mi
- Swimming Area: 16.6 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 19.5 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Hickory Beach Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 188° | 361 m | 24.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 120° | 357 m | 23.6 mi |
| Egypt Hill | ESE 121° | 350 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sliders Knob | SSW 198° | 344 m | 24.3 mi |
| Flag Hill | S 175° | 334 m | 24.7 mi |
| Holt Knob | SSW 192° | 319 m | 18.2 mi |
| Patterson Knob | SSW 192° | 311 m | 18.0 mi |
| Fourmile Hill | ESE 118° | 307 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 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 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory DAM, under a mile away.
- American Coot48 obs
- Ring-billed Gull39 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe36 obs
- Purple Sandpiper23 obs
- Mallard17 obs
- Black Vulture16 obs
- Great Blue Heron16 obs
- Osprey13 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/356894347
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