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Reservoir Park

Reservoir Park from directly overhead

Reservoir Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Life Can Be Sweet, a artwork 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 294 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
199 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates36.13751, -86.78176

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rose Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rose Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edgehill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Negley: 0.7 mi
  • Flora Wilson Community Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 36
Museums: 35
Artworks: 20
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Creekside Crossing: 7.1 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 16.9 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 21.5 mi
  • Balthrop Park: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 7.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Reservoir Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 153°370 m19.9 mi
ButeomontSSE 164°368.8 m16.4 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 159°367 m16.3 mi
Polk HillSSE 155°366 m17.0 mi
Morton KnobSSE 157°365 m16.3 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSE 167°361 m14.7 mi
McMahan KnobS 169°355 m14.6 mi
Daddy KnobSSE 164°353 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel425 obs
  • American Robin290 obs
  • House Sparrow159 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle158 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird157 obs
  • eastern redbud153 obs
  • Northern Cardinal139 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary109 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/467549477

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