Park · Tennessee
Sidney Lanier Park
Sidney Lanier Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. The nearest named place is Whitehaven Lane Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 155 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates35.03031, -90.03685
- 155.0 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.7 mi off the Mississippi Delta Great River Road
- 1.9 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 39.1 mi off the Crowley's Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beale Street Landing · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Whitehaven Lane Park: 0.9 mi
- Polly Williams Park: 0.9 mi
- Whitehaven Park: 1.3 mi
- Walter Chandler Park: 1.6 mi
- Geeter Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Elvis: The Entertainer Career Museum: 1.1 mi
- Private Presley: 1.2 mi
- Graceland: 1.3 mi
- Lisa Marie Jet: 1.3 mi
- Hound Dog II Jet: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
- Memphis Martyrs: 7.0 mi
- Yellow Fever Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Ashburn-Coppock Park: 7.1 mi
- Modern Movie Making in Memphis: 7.2 mi
- Site of First Memphis Telephone Historical Marker: 7.2 mi
Museums: 29
- Elvis Automobile Museum: 1.2 mi
- Graceland Mansion: 1.3 mi
- TigerMan Karate Dojo and Museum: 2.2 mi
- Chucalissa Museum: 5.7 mi
- Stax Museum: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 21
- Desoto Woods FootPath: 6.3 mi
- West Junction shore: 17.5 mi
- West Snake Beach: 17.5 mi
- West Potato Beach: 17.7 mi
- West Houston shore beach: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 13
- Upstander: 7.3 mi
- I Have Been to the Mountaintop: 7.5 mi
- Whirl: 7.6 mi
- E. H. Crump Statue: 8.1 mi
- Elvis Presley: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Audubon Park: 9.0 mi
- Lichterman Nature Center: 10.7 mi
- Ducks Unlimited Park: 10.9 mi
- Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters: 14.7 mi
- Germantown Greenway: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 6
- Meditation Garden: 1.3 mi
- Clara Conway Memorial Gardens: 8.4 mi
- Emeriti Grove: 8.4 mi
- Dixon Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Fisher Memorial Garden: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Four: 8.2 mi
- Chickasaw Bluff Number Three: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Memphis Propbuster's Field: 24.6 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:14 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Memphis Intl AP, 3 mi away.
- kudzu11 obs
- Northern Mockingbird8 obs
- American Robin7 obs
- American trumpet vine5 obs
- Gulf Fritillary4 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
- Northern Cardinal3 obs
- eastern redbud3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/603591223
Day trips start here
- Southaven · 5 mi
- Memphis · 8 mi
- West Memphis · 12 mi
- Olive Branch · 13 mi
- Bartlett · 15 mi
- Marion · 15 mi
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