Sandy Chapel Access Area
Sandy Chapel Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cairo Access Area, a park 1.4 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 282 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 139 m
How to reach it
- 281.8 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cairo Access Area: 1.4 mi
- Gallatin Steam Plant Access Area: 2.0 mi
- Bledsoe Creek Camping State Park: 2.7 mi
- Odoms Bend Access Area: 2.9 mi
- Coles Ferry Access Area: 2.9 mi
- Union Hill: 8.5 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.8 mi
- Seay Hill: 9.5 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 9.7 mi
- Stone Hill: 10.6 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 4.9 mi
- Sumner County Museum: 5.0 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 5.4 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 7.3 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 9.7 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 19.2 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 19.7 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 21.5 mi
- John and Hester Lane Cedar Glades State Natural Area: 21.5 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 21.6 mi
- The Hermitage: 15.8 mi
- Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 17.5 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 18.1 mi
- Visitor Center: 19.0 mi
- AxeVentures: 19.8 mi
- General Hatton: 10.5 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 19.3 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 20.7 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 20.7 mi
- Slave Cemetery: 24.4 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 11.8 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 5.7 mi
- Swimming Area: 20.3 mi
- Big Spring: 12.9 mi
- Spring Creek: 15.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 18.0 mi
- outdoor seating: 18.3 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 18.0 mi
- Helicopter Distature Statue: 24.9 mi
- Robertson County Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- Franklin Welcome Center: 23.4 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
- Spring Shelter: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Sandy Chapel Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | SSE 147° | 398 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 129° | 359 m | 23.2 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 163° | 357 m | 16.5 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SE 128° | 357 m | 22.4 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SE 146° | 353 m | 16.2 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SSE 165° | 350 m | 16.1 mi |
| Belle Hill | ESE 120° | 349 m | 20.7 mi |
| Cub Knob | ESE 114° | 336 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
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 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lebanon 7 N, 7 mi away.
- Slabrock Darter5 obs
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- Central Ratsnake4 obs
- Black Kingsnake3 obs
- Familiar Bluet3 obs
- Huron Skipper3 obs
- Green Treefrog3 obs
- Cope's Gray Tree Frog3 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/356875223
Day trips start here
- Franklin · 29 mi
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