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Stewart Creek Public Use Area

Stewart Creek Public Use Area from directly overhead

Stewart Creek Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 149 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 303 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
149 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.02840, -86.50583

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fate Sanders Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Volunteer Park: 1.4 mi
  • Fate Sanders Recreational Area: 1.6 mi
  • Poole Knobs Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Lamar Hill Access Area: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 46
  • Slave Cemetery: 1.6 mi
  • Sewart Air Force Base: 2.0 mi
  • Capt. Jeff Kuss USMC "Blue Angel" Memorial: 2.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Wall: 3.4 mi
  • Rosecrans Headquarters: 10.2 mi
Museums: 40
Artworks: 21
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 4.4 mi
  • James "Boots" Donnelly Statue: 14.3 mi
  • Blue Horseshoe: 14.6 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 15.9 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 20
  • Backwoods Nightmare Haunted Woods: 6.5 mi
  • Nashville Shores Water Park: 10.5 mi
  • Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
  • Williamson Family Farm: 11.5 mi
  • GO USA Fun Park: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 4.5 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Creekside Crossing: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Stewart Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSW 213°370 m12.2 mi
ButeomontSW 233°368.8 m13.6 mi
Jenkins HillSW 232°367 m12.3 mi
Polk HillSW 227°366 m11.4 mi
Morton KnobSW 230°365 m11.7 mi
Grandfather KnobESE 102°363 m13.8 mi
Scales MountainSSW 196°362 m13.7 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobWSW 241°361 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2920:07
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5415:5616:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374048576674787770584739
Precip in4.34.54.75.64.85.15.23.83.63.73.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gladeville, 6 mi away.

  • White-throated Sparrow25 obs
  • White-tailed Deer25 obs
  • American Goldfinch24 obs
  • Northern Cardinal23 obs
  • Purple Finch18 obs
  • Fowler's Toad17 obs
  • House Finch17 obs
  • Tufted Titmouse16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356876395

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