West Sandy Wildlife Management Area
West Sandy Wildlife Management Area is a park in Tennessee, at a recorded elevation of 108 m. The Mound stands 215 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenhead Recreation Area, a park 2.6 miles away. Woodlands Trace passes 22 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 108 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Woodlands Trace, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bison Range Overlook · 27 mi
94 named places within 25 miles
- Greenhead Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Big Sandy City Park: 6.0 mi
- Eiffel Tower Park: 6.7 mi
- Eiffel Tower Park: 6.7 mi
- Eiffel Tower Park: 7.0 mi
- Owens Hill: 10.4 mi
- High Place: 12.3 mi
- Bomar Hill: 13.3 mi
- Lathen Hill: 13.6 mi
- Nero Hill: 14.4 mi
- Copperas Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Douglas Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Bullard Point: 15.9 mi
- Express Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Rushing Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Randy Hughes Crash Site: 15.3 mi
- Time Capsul: 21.2 mi
- Laughlin Hall Sign: 21.2 mi
- Korean Missionary Memorial Bell: 21.3 mi
- Confederate War Memorial: 22.5 mi
- Eiffel Tower: 6.8 mi
- WTPR Fish: 8.2 mi
- Caboose: 14.3 mi
- Paris Henry County Heritage Center: 8.3 mi
- Gordon Browning Geneological Museum and Library: 21.5 mi
- Wrather West Kentucky Museum: 24.0 mi
- Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge: 4.5 mi
- Beechy Creek WMA: 19.3 mi
- Murray, Kentucky: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Sandy Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Mound | ENE 70° | 215 m | 21.6 mi |
| Collier Hill | ESE 116° | 208 m | 23.0 mi |
| Durham Hill | ESE 104° | 206 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cooley Hill | E 92° | 203 m | 19.8 mi |
| Ivy Hill | ESE 109° | 202 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 139° | 200 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pulley Hill | ENE 62° | 197 m | 21.0 mi |
| Redbank Hill | ENE 74° | 196 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Sandy, 6 mi away.
- Wood Thrush1 obs
- Great Horned Owl1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- Rough Greensnake1 obs
- lion's-mane mushroom1 obs
- Bald-faced Hornet1 obs
- striped wintergreen1 obs
- Aquatic Milkweed1 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/356880539
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