Smith Branch Recreation Area
Smith Branch Recreation Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 112 m. Gallion Hill stands 220 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is RichEllen Park, a park 2.3 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 112 m
How to reach it
- 22.8 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
103 named places within 25 miles
- RichEllen Park: 2.3 mi
- Hematite Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Freedom Point at Liberty Park: 4.0 mi
- Remember My Name: 4.9 mi
- Clarksville Riverwalk: 5.0 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Pillar of Cloud and Fire: 4.9 mi
- Austin Peay State University: 5.4 mi
- Gander Memorial: 10.3 mi
- World War 1 Monument: 13.1 mi
- As The River Flows: 4.9 mi
- Customs House Museum: 5.0 mi
- Sevier Station Park: 5.1 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 10.4 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 10.4 mi
- Brigham Hill: 13.6 mi
- Gallion Hill: 16.0 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 19.6 mi
- Robinson Hill: 21.9 mi
- The Mound: 22.2 mi
- Remember My Name: 4.9 mi
- APSU Botanical Garden: 5.6 mi
- SRU Garden: 9.3 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- Smith-Trahern Mansion: 5.1 mi
- Excape Games: 7.2 mi
- Historic Bell Witch Cave: 22.0 mi
- King and Queens Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Pinnacle Point: 12.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 11.6 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
- KY Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
- Window to the World: 5.1 mi
- Green Man: 5.5 mi
- APSU Farm & Environmental Education Center: 7.4 mi
- Balthrop Park: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Branch Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gallion Hill | SSE 153° | 220 m | 16.0 mi |
| The Mound | WSW 252° | 215 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pulley Hill | W 259° | 197 m | 23.2 mi |
| Whisky Hill | ESE 112° | 195 m | 24.5 mi |
| Brigham Hill | W 263° | 190 m | 13.6 mi |
| Robinson Hill | W 278° | 180 m | 21.9 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | W 266° | 166 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
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 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksville No.2, 6 mi away.
- Hackberry Emperor15 obs
- Eastern Phoebe14 obs
- mayapple14 obs
- Christmas fern14 obs
- Red-spotted Admiral14 obs
- common pawpaw13 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail12 obs
- Reddish-brown Stag Beetle11 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/356864471
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