Rome Access Area
Rome Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Upton Bluff, a cliff 2.4 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 139 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cordell Hull Overlook: 7.2 mi
- Trousdale County Park: 7.4 mi
- Shady Grove Access Area: 8.6 mi
- Hartsville Access Area: 9.4 mi
- Dickson Chapel Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Cub Knob: 2.6 mi
- Blue Knob: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Knob: 3.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 3.6 mi
- Spanish Needle Knob: 4.3 mi
- Upton Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Petty Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Belchers Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 7.7 mi
- The Eads Museum: 6.7 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 6.7 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 12.6 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 13.6 mi
- Granville Museum: 15.3 mi
- Big Spring: 6.0 mi
- Spring Creek: 12.3 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 17.8 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 22.7 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Spring Shelter: 7.9 mi
- General Hatton: 12.8 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 16.7 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.7 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rome Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSW 202° | 398 m | 13.9 mi |
| Fisher Knob | S 190° | 383 m | 19.1 mi |
| Turney Knob | SSW 191° | 379 m | 19.2 mi |
| Round Top Knob | S 177° | 364 m | 16.4 mi |
| Grandfather Knob | SSW 210° | 363 m | 21.8 mi |
| Hawkins Hill | S 177° | 363 m | 21.8 mi |
| Fodderstack Knob | S 186° | 362 m | 20.8 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 175° | 359 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:54 | 16:34 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 7 mi away.
- Pipevine Swallowtail2 obs
- eastern poison ivy2 obs
- blue mistflower2 obs
- cardinal flower1 obs
- American pokeweed1 obs
- Virginia creeper1 obs
- Small White1 obs
- Eastern Tailed-Blue1 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/356869241
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