Shutes Branch Access Area
Shutes Branch Access Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. Jenkins Hill stands 367 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shutes Branch Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 287 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 137 m
How to reach it
- 287.3 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shutes Branch Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
- Hendersonville Park: 1.9 mi
- Sanders Ferry Park: 1.9 mi
- Saunders Ferry Park: 2.0 mi
- Stark Knob Access Area: 2.3 mi
- Fort Hill: 0.4 mi
- Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
- Todd Knob: 7.5 mi
- Kill Buck Knob: 10.0 mi
- Shallow Ford Hill: 10.2 mi
- Rock Castle: 2.6 mi
- Johnny Cash Museum: 5.3 mi
- Gravel Road Traditions: 5.9 mi
- Pumphouse museum: 7.3 mi
- Cooter's: 7.5 mi
- Clover Bottom Mansion: 7.0 mi
- Minnesota Monument: 8.8 mi
- U.S.C.T Monument: 8.8 mi
- Jacques Timothe Boucher De Montbrun: 12.9 mi
- Fort Nashborough: 12.9 mi
- Dollar General bear statue: 8.3 mi
- Jesus Statue: 12.6 mi
- Incline: 12.7 mi
- Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks: 12.7 mi
- Threshold: 12.7 mi
- The Hermitage: 3.4 mi
- Nashville Shores Water Park: 6.7 mi
- Visitor Center: 7.3 mi
- AxeVentures: 7.4 mi
- Madame Tussauds Nashville: 7.6 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 6.7 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 9.0 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 13.2 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 14.3 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Indian Ladder Bluff: 15.5 mi
- Sevenmile Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Dickson Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 13.2 mi
- outdoor seating: 14.3 mi
- Sunken Garden: 15.3 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 17.7 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 5.5 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 19.5 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 7.0 mi
- Swimming Area: 12.4 mi
- Spring Creek: 19.5 mi
- Big Spring: 21.9 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Shutes Branch Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jenkins Hill | SSW 195° | 367 m | 23.6 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSW 192° | 366 m | 23.6 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSW 194° | 365 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SSW 201° | 361 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 121° | 357 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jennings Knob | ESE 109° | 353 m | 21.0 mi |
| Egypt Hill | ESE 122° | 350 m | 17.3 mi |
| Flag Hill | S 187° | 334 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
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 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, under a mile away.
- Great Blue Heron28 obs
- White-tailed Deer22 obs
- Ivy-leaved Speedwell21 obs
- bird's-eye speedwell19 obs
- red deadnettle19 obs
- Amur honeysuckle18 obs
- Widow's-cross17 obs
- great mullein16 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/1217794989
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