Shady Grove Access Area
Shady Grove Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 138 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Trousdale County Park, a park 1.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 281 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 138 m
How to reach it
- 281.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trousdale County Park: 1.6 mi
- Hartsville Access Area: 1.8 mi
- Trey Park: 1.8 mi
- Tobacco Bowl: 2.1 mi
- Dickson Chapel Recreation Area: 7.1 mi
- Johnson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Ward Hill: 3.8 mi
- Sandstone Knob: 3.9 mi
- Millstone Knob: 4.2 mi
- Spanish Needle Knob: 5.8 mi
- Whites Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Belchers Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Mitchells Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Whitleys Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Wynnewood State Historical Site: 10.2 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- The Eads Museum: 13.7 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 14.3 mi
- Lebanon Museum and History Center: 14.6 mi
- Big Spring: 8.9 mi
- Spring Creek: 16.7 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Spring Shelter: 11.5 mi
- General Hatton: 14.4 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 19.3 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 22.6 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shady Grove Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Defiance | S 184° | 398 m | 20.8 mi |
| Round Top Knob | S 170° | 364 m | 24.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 165° | 359 m | 17.5 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSE 165° | 357 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 206° | 357 m | 20.0 mi |
| Jennings Knob | SSW 196° | 353 m | 16.2 mi |
| Egypt Hill | SSW 208° | 350 m | 20.1 mi |
| Belle Hill | SSE 160° | 349 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| 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 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartsville, 3 mi away.
- Winter honeysuckle4 obs
- American Robin3 obs
- ground-ivy3 obs
- Blue-tipped Dancer3 obs
- Purple Rocket3 obs
- garlic penny-cress3 obs
- Carolina snailseed3 obs
- common jewelweed2 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/356890087
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