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Saunders Ferry Park

Saunders Ferry Park from directly overhead

Saunders Ferry Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 140 m. Jenkins Hill stands 367 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hendersonville Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 287 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
140 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.25172, -86.60555

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Museums: 37
Historic sites: 26
  • Clover Bottom Mansion: 6.2 mi
  • Minnesota Monument: 6.8 mi
  • U.S.C.T Monument: 6.9 mi
  • Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 11.2 mi
  • James Robertson and John Donelson: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 19
Attractions: 18
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 7
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 12.0 mi
  • outdoor seating: 13.4 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 13.6 mi
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Cheekwood: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 5.2 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 18.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Saunders Ferry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jenkins HillS 190°367 m23.4 mi
Polk HillS 187°366 m23.5 mi
Morton KnobS 189°365 m23.1 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSSW 196°361 m23.1 mi
Pilot KnobESE 118°357 m19.9 mi
McMahan KnobSSW 198°355 m23.3 mi
Jennings KnobESE 108°353 m23.0 mi
Egypt HillESE 119°350 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:58
June solstice05:3019:3020:08
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5515:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149596775797871604941
Precip in4.34.74.95.25.44.44.94.64.03.54.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 2 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer15 obs
  • Northern Cardinal10 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird10 obs
  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle9 obs
  • Virginia creeper8 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee8 obs
  • Butterweed8 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/356868199

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