Tobaccoport Public Use Area
Tobaccoport Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 115 m. Buie Knob stands 242 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bumpus Mills Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 3.7 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 115 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
- 11.3 mi off the US 68 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 5 mi
115 named places within 25 miles
- Bumpus Mills Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Saline Creek Access Point: 1.7 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Neville Bay Lake Access: 2.4 mi
- Saline Creek Public Use Area: 2.5 mi
- Great Western Iron Furnace: 4.7 mi
- Cannon Monument: 10.9 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 10.9 mi
- Bear Spring Iron Furnace: 13.8 mi
- Confederate Monument: 15.5 mi
- Round Top: 5.2 mi
- Robinson Hill: 8.2 mi
- Gordon Hill: 11.3 mi
- Hickman Creek Hill: 11.4 mi
- Vinegar Hill: 13.2 mi
- Bison Range Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Cedar Pond Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
- Colson Overlook Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Jenny Ridge Picnic Area at Land Between The Lakes: 14.1 mi
- Hematite Lake Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Taylor Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Hillman Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Bullard Point: 20.0 mi
- Homeplace 1850s Working Farm at Land Between The Lakes: 4.7 mi
- Great West Iron Furnace: 4.7 mi
- Hilltop Chimney: 15.3 mi
- Center Furnace Trail: 19.7 mi
- Wrather West Kentucky Museum: 24.1 mi
- Wickham Hall Pratt Museum: 24.1 mi
- Don F. Pratt Memorial Museum: 24.1 mi
- Model Spring aka Great Western Spring: 4.7 mi
- Garnett Spring: 12.7 mi
- SRU Memorial Garden: 24.4 mi
- SRU Garden: 24.7 mi
- Golden Pond: 12.4 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 14.7 mi
- Murray, Kentucky: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tobaccoport Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buie Knob | NNE 29° | 242 m | 24.5 mi |
| Buffalo Knob | NNE 29° | 217 m | 22.1 mi |
| The Mound | SSE 166° | 215 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pulley Hill | S 171° | 197 m | 15.2 mi |
| Redbank Hill | S 181° | 196 m | 20.2 mi |
| Nero Hill | SSW 196° | 191 m | 16.7 mi |
| Brigham Hill | SE 136° | 190 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hickman Creek Hill | S 190° | 189 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
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 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dover 1 W, 11 mi away.
- Little Brown Skink3 obs
- North American Racer2 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- Black Kingsnake2 obs
- Traveler's Delight2 obs
- wild comfrey2 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/356840265
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