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Fosters Hill

Fosters Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Fosters Hill rises to 175 m in Tennessee. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Lane Motor Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 294 miles off.

The story

mountain in Tennessee, United States of America

Wikidata Q31670913, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.14284, -86.73944

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites: 38
Artworks: 20
  • Jesus Statue: 0.8 mi
  • RONE: 1.8 mi
  • Bending Normal: 1.8 mi
  • Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 1.8 mi
  • #educationisnotacrime: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 19
  • Shelby Bottoms Nature Center: 1.8 mi
  • Printers Alley: 2.7 mi
  • Arcade Street: 2.7 mi
  • Belmont Mansion: 3.1 mi
  • Compass: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Cliffs: 9
Gardens: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Creekside Crossing: 8.1 mi
  • Seven Points Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
  • Hendersonville Greenway Trail Head: 15.2 mi
  • East Fork Picnic Area (CLOSED - OVERGROWN): 19.7 mi
  • Cedars of Lebanon Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • West Meade Waterfall: 10.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Fosters Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumner KnobSSE 160°370 m19.3 mi
ButeomontS 172°368.8 m16.2 mi
Jenkins HillSSE 167°367 m15.9 mi
Polk HillSSE 163°366 m16.5 mi
Morton KnobSSE 165°365 m15.9 mi
Pleasant Hill KnobS 176°361 m14.7 mi
McMahan KnobS 178°355 m14.7 mi
Daddy KnobS 172°353 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1218:45
December solstice06:5515:5716:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384250606875797872604941
Precip in4.74.65.44.85.34.34.33.74.23.83.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby Bottoms Nature, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1647877 — Fosters Hill, Davidson County, Tennessee.

OpenStreetMap element node/356895367

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