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Tobacco Bowl

Tobacco Bowl from directly overhead

Tobacco Bowl is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 141 m. Mount Defiance stands 398 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Trey Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 280 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
141 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.39172, -86.16527

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 48
Cliffs: 13
Museums: 13
  • Wynnewood State Historical Site: 8.4 mi
  • Wilson County Veterans Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Lebanon Museum and History Center: 14.6 mi
  • Smith County Heritage Museum: 15.3 mi
  • Sumner County Museum: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Spring Shelter: 13.5 mi
Historic sites: 1
Beaches: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tobacco Bowl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceS 180°398 m21.9 mi
Pilot KnobSSE 162°359 m19.1 mi
Walnut KnobSSE 161°357 m18.1 mi
Pilot KnobSSW 200°357 m20.4 mi
Jennings KnobS 189°353 m17.1 mi
Egypt HillSSW 202°350 m20.5 mi
Belle HillSSE 156°349 m15.1 mi
Cub KnobSSE 151°336 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:2819:2820:07
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5315:5416:34

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148586673777671594840

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartsville, 1 mi away.

  • Alabama lipfern5 obs
  • Cave Salamander4 obs
  • American Toad4 obs
  • purple-stem cliffbrake4 obs
  • Eastern False Aloe4 obs
  • Largescale Stoneroller4 obs
  • Purple Rocket4 obs
  • Widow's-cross4 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/356850810

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