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Rice Memorial Park

Rice Memorial Park from directly overhead

Rice Memorial Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 125 m. Richmond Hill stands 122 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripley Park, a park 0.8 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 211 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
125 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.73230, -89.53230

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
Museums: 9
  • Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 4.8 mi
  • Alex Haley Museum and Interpretive Center: 4.8 mi
  • The Veterans' Museum: 13.4 mi
  • Tipton County Museum: 14.2 mi
  • West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center: 20.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
Peaks: 4
Attractions: 4
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ernest Rice WMA: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tennessee Welcome Center: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rice Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Richmond HillSE 144°122 m24.1 mi
Millstone MountainSW 231°121 m11.4 mi
Fortescue HillSSE 159°121 m24.1 mi
Meux HillSSE 160°119 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:10
June solstice05:4319:4020:18
September equinox06:4718:2318:57
December solstice07:0516:0916:49

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394351616977807872615042
Precip in4.24.85.15.17.24.94.53.63.54.14.65.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley, 2 mi away.

  • Purple Martin3 obs
  • roughleaf dogwood3 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Mississippi Kite1 obs
  • Brown Recluse1 obs
  • Virginia creeper1 obs
  • American tuliptree1 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/356829706

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