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William A. Pitts Park

William A. Pitts Park from directly overhead

William A. Pitts Park is a park in Tennessee, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Knolls Guitar Park, a park 1.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 300 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.05828, -86.70668

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Knolls Guitar Park: 1.2 mi
  • Millcreek Greenway - Blue Hole Park: 1.8 mi
  • Wentworth Caldwell Sr Park: 1.8 mi
  • Antioch Park: 1.9 mi
  • Whitfield Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 45
Artworks: 22
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 6.2 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 6.3 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 6.7 mi
  • RONE: 6.8 mi
  • Bending Normal: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 20
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 11
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 6
  • Creekside Crossing: 5.4 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 15.4 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 19.7 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 11.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Maney Spring: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of William A. Pitts Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 159°370 m13.2 mi
ButeomontS 178°368.8 m10.2 mi
Jenkins HillS 171°367 m9.8 mi
Polk HillSSE 164°366 m10.4 mi
Morton KnobSSE 167°365 m9.8 mi
Scales MountainSSE 154°362 m17.0 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobS 186°361 m8.9 mi
McMahan KnobS 189°355 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3518:1218:45
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404352616977818073625043
Precip in4.04.54.54.75.04.44.23.83.83.43.94.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashville Intl AP, 4 mi away.

  • Amur honeysuckle17 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird13 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle12 obs
  • American pokeweed12 obs
  • Monarch12 obs
  • Hackberry Emperor12 obs
  • Common Box Turtle11 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee11 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 way/318440584

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