Watkins Park
Watkins Park is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 142 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is MLK Jubilee, a artwork 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 293 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 142 m
How to reach it
- 292.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- William Edmondson Park: 0.3 mi
- Frankie Pierce Park: 0.6 mi
- Hope Gardens Park: 0.6 mi
- Monroe Park: 0.7 mi
- TriStar Centennial Medical Center - Centennial Tower: 0.8 mi
- Belmont Terrace: 0.9 mi
- Capitol Hill: 0.9 mi
- Meridian Hill: 1.5 mi
- Saint Cloud Hill: 1.8 mi
- Confederate Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tennessee State Museum: 0.9 mi
- Tennessee State Museum - Military Branch: 0.9 mi
- RCA Studio B: 1.0 mi
- Frist Art Museum: 1.0 mi
- Musicians Hall of Fame: 1.0 mi
- Statehood Memorial (McNairy Spring): 0.8 mi
- Sam Davis: 0.9 mi
- Centennial Memorial: 0.9 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Alvin York: 0.9 mi
- MLK Jubilee: 0.2 mi
- Musica: 0.9 mi
- WhatLiftsYou: 1.1 mi
- Stix: 1.3 mi
- Catfish: 1.3 mi
- Compass: 0.9 mi
- Bell Carillon: 0.9 mi
- Arcade Street: 1.1 mi
- Printers Alley: 1.2 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 1.9 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 4.6 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 5.2 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 6.2 mi
- Lytle Bend Park: 7.9 mi
- Toll Booth Preserve: 8.0 mi
- McCord Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Anderson Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Wray Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Rocky Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Sunken Garden: 1.2 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Cheekwood: 6.6 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 14.5 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 8.8 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 16.3 mi
- Balthrop Park: 20.8 mi
- East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 23.3 mi
- Swimming Area: 16.6 mi
- Stahlman Waterfront: 21.0 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Watkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | SSE 153° | 370 m | 21.9 mi |
| Buteomont | SSE 162° | 368.8 m | 18.3 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | SSE 158° | 367 m | 18.2 mi |
| Polk Hill | SSE 155° | 366 m | 19.0 mi |
| Morton Knob | SSE 156° | 365 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | SSE 165° | 361 m | 16.6 mi |
| McMahan Knob | SSE 167° | 355 m | 16.5 mi |
| Daddy Knob | SSE 163° | 353 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 42 | 50 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel342 obs
- Canada Goose247 obs
- Mallard181 obs
- American Robin178 obs
- Northern Mockingbird154 obs
- House Sparrow141 obs
- Rock Pigeon118 obs
- eastern redbud108 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 way/592010422
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