Turney Ford Field
Turney Ford Field is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 177 m. Short Mountain stands 635 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Winfree Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 177 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Branch Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Buffalo Valley Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
- Center Hill Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Cove Hollow Recreation Area: 7.7 mi
- Center Hill Recreation Area: 7.8 mi
- Winfree Knob: 2.2 mi
- Evans Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Burgess Knob: 5.2 mi
- Tomahawk Knob: 5.3 mi
- Locust Knob: 6.4 mi
- Dripping Rock Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Petty Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Upton Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Gin Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Scraunchers Rock Bluff: 11.5 mi
- The Eads Museum: 4.8 mi
- Smith County Heritage Museum: 5.7 mi
- Granville Museum: 10.2 mi
- Baxter Visitor Center and Museum: 16.2 mi
- Wilson County Veterans Museum: 19.9 mi
- Burgess Falls: 20.5 mi
- Center Hill-Fancher Falls: 20.5 mi
- Middle Falls: 20.6 mi
- Little Falls: 20.7 mi
- Falling Water Cascades: 20.7 mi
- Big Spring: 14.7 mi
- Spring Creek: 17.4 mi
- Pinhook: 22.9 mi
- Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 22.8 mi
- CRMC Basin Garden: 23.6 mi
- Tech Native Plant Garden: 23.8 mi
- General Hatton: 20.2 mi
- The Pink Elephant: 23.1 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
- Tennessee Visitor Center: 7.1 mi
- Canoe the Caney - Satellite Location: 7.9 mi
- Spring Shelter: 9.7 mi
- TTU Eagle Statue: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Turney Ford Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | S 187° | 635 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mason Mountain | S 184° | 533 m | 20.8 mi |
| Little Short Mountain | S 179° | 522 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sugartree Knob | SSW 192° | 446 m | 21.5 mi |
| Pilot Knob | E 97° | 408 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mount Defiance | WSW 242° | 398 m | 14.5 mi |
| Fisher Knob | SW 222° | 383 m | 16.8 mi |
| Turney Knob | SW 222° | 379 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carthage, 5 mi away.
- Harper's Buckwheat6 obs
- Wofford's wood mint5 obs
- wild teasel4 obs
- Huron Skipper3 obs
- Brown Thrasher2 obs
- Common Box Turtle2 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail2 obs
- Dutchman's breeches2 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/356846526
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