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Vivrett Creek Public Use Area

Vivrett Creek Public Use Area from directly overhead

Vivrett Creek Public Use Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 155 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Suggs Creek Public Use Area, a park 0.6 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 295 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
155 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14088, -86.54439

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 42
Artworks: 21
  • Helicopter Distature Statue: 8.4 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 11.7 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 12.5 mi
  • RONE: 12.7 mi
  • Bending Normal: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 20
Cliffs: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Cane Ridge Community Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Woodbine Community Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Dixon L Merritt Native Plant Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Cheekwood: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 12.2 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 12.8 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 13.1 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 20.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Vivrett Creek Public Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSW 194°370 m18.5 mi
ButeomontSSW 209°368.8 m18.2 mi
Jenkins HillSSW 206°367 m17.1 mi
Polk HillSSW 201°366 m16.8 mi
Morton KnobSSW 204°365 m16.7 mi
Grandfather KnobSE 124°363 m18.9 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobSW 214°361 m17.6 mi
Pilot KnobE 97°357 m14.2 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 °F374149596775797871604941
Precip in4.34.74.95.25.44.44.94.64.03.54.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OLD Hickory WFO, 7 mi away.

  • Streamside Salamander21 obs
  • Fowler's Toad17 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard13 obs
  • Great Blue Heron8 obs
  • Smooth Earthsnake8 obs
  • Horned Grebe6 obs
  • Black Vulture5 obs
  • Common Box Turtle5 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/356875284

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