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Pinkerton Park

Pinkerton Park from directly overhead

Pinkerton Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Granger, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 309 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.92089, -86.86215

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 31
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 19
Nature reserves: 16
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.7 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 12.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Pinkerton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobESE 102°370 m13.7 mi
ButeomontE 95°368.8 m9.1 mi
Jenkins HillE 91°367 m10.3 mi
Polk HillE 92°366 m11.6 mi
Morton KnobE 90°365 m10.9 mi
Scales MountainESE 109°362 m17.2 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobE 85°361 m7.9 mi
McMahan KnobE 85°355 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3219:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5816:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596776807972614942
Precip in4.34.85.25.25.44.44.63.64.03.53.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 2 mi away.

  • Pipevine Swallowtail32 obs
  • American pokeweed31 obs
  • Virginia creeper31 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor31 obs
  • American Robin30 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird28 obs
  • purple passionflower26 obs
  • box elder24 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 way/85730450

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