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Pleasant Grove Public Use Area

Pleasant Grove Public Use Area from directly overhead

Pleasant Grove Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 272 m. Clouse Hill stands 634 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Bluff, a cliff 2.9 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
272 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.26691, -86.20104

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
Cliffs: 22
Nature reserves: 9
Museums: 8
  • Tullahoma History Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Hands-On Science Center: 6.7 mi
  • Beechcraft Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Moore County Old Jail Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Cowan Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • B.H. Goethert Memorial Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Jack Daniel: 9.4 mi
  • Memorial Cross: 15.8 mi
  • Rebel's Rest: 16.4 mi
  • Bellbuckle Caboose: 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Short Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Natural Spring House: 10.2 mi
  • Polly Anne Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Cave Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Champion Spring: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Franklin County Mural: 7.4 mi
  • University of Tennessee Mural: 7.4 mi
  • Dinah Shore Murals: 7.4 mi
  • Tims Ford Lake Mural: 7.5 mi
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - West Bound: 19.2 mi
  • Grundy Count Rest Area - East Bound: 19.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Falls Branch Falls 15: 21.0 mi
  • Jumpoff Falls 90: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Old Stone Fort Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Sewanee Natural Bridge: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Pleasant Grove Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Clouse HillE 85°634 m22.9 mi
Big ButteNE 54°612 m19.6 mi
Pull Tight HillENE 73°598 m18.9 mi
Claibornes ViewE 94°578 m17.4 mi
High TopESE 110°574 m12.4 mi
Johnson TopSSW 197°568 m21.1 mi
Flat TopSSE 164°567 m12.7 mi
The BlockadeE 84°567 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3119:2620:03
September equinox06:3318:1018:43
December solstice06:5015:5816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394250596774787771604941
Precip in5.35.86.05.44.85.44.64.14.33.84.76.4

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

  • Blackside Snubnose Darter3 obs
  • Banded Sculpin2 obs
  • Striped Shiner2 obs
  • Wild Turkey1 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird1 obs
  • Cave Salamander1 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard1 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/96905109

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