Shelby Park
Shelby Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shelby Bottoms Nature Center, a attraction 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 292 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 117 m
How to reach it
- 292.2 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lockeland Springs Park: 0.5 mi
- Bass Park: 0.7 mi
- Shelby Walk Park: 0.9 mi
- East Park: 1.6 mi
- East Park: 1.6 mi
- Confederate Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fosters Hill: 2.0 mi
- Capitol Hill: 3.0 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 3.0 mi
- Meridian Hill: 3.5 mi
- Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville (MOCAN): 1.5 mi
- Tennessee Central Railway Museum: 1.7 mi
- Lane Motor Museum: 2.1 mi
- Charlie Daniels Museum: 2.5 mi
- George Jones Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fort Nashborough: 2.5 mi
- Outstanding Nashvillian Monument: 2.5 mi
- James Robertson and John Donelson: 2.5 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 2.5 mi
- Timothy Demonbreun: 2.6 mi
- Jesus Statue: 2.3 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 2.3 mi
- Incline: 2.3 mi
- Threshold: 2.4 mi
- Catfish: 2.8 mi
- Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 0.5 mi
- Wave Country: 2.6 mi
- Printers Alley: 2.7 mi
- Arcade Street: 2.8 mi
- Compass: 3.1 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 1.5 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 4.1 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 5.2 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 10.0 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 7.7 mi
- McCord Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Wray Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 4.9 mi
- Cheekwood: 9.8 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 15.8 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 10.1 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 13.4 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 20.5 mi
- Balthrop Park: 23.0 mi
- Swimming Area: 13.4 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 17.5 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 11.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Shelby Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 163° | 370 m | 20.9 mi |
| Buteomont | S 175° | 368.8 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | S 170° | 367 m | 17.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 166° | 366 m | 18.2 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 168° | 365 m | 17.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | S 178° | 361 m | 16.6 mi |
| McMahan Knob | S 180° | 355 m | 16.6 mi |
| Daddy Knob | S 175° | 353 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, under a mile away.
- White-tailed Deer120 obs
- Mallard91 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail91 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee76 obs
- Gulf Fritillary75 obs
- Amur honeysuckle73 obs
- American sycamore67 obs
- American sweetgum62 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 way/336250342
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