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Sand Hill

Sand Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sand Hill rises to 227 m in Tennessee. Dug Hill stands 289 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rainbow Falls, a waterfall 4.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 16 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1300664)

Wikidata Q31686899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
227 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08703, -88.09142

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks: 34
  • Lauderdale Wildlife Management Area: 6.5 mi
  • Pickwick Landing: 6.7 mi
  • Pickwick Landing: 7.0 mi
  • Pickwick Landing: 7.1 mi
  • Pickwick Landing: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 29
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Chalybeate Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Crump Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Arnold Hollow Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Rock Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Cave Spring: 17.8 mi
Museums: 5
  • Tennessee River Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Shiloh Church Log (historical): 15.2 mi
  • Buford Pusser Home & Museum: 19.3 mi
  • T. S. Stribling Museum: 21.5 mi
  • Sacred Way Sanctuary Interpretive Center and Museum: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rainbow Falls: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Shiloh National Military Park: 15.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dug HillENE 69°289 m19.1 mi
Davis HillNE 36°258 m15.7 mi
Woodall MountainSSW 202°245 m22.4 mi
Blair HillENE 76°243 m16.1 mi
Baptist HillENE 72°238 m15.7 mi
Pettipoole HillSSE 152°233 m13.9 mi
Davidson HillNNE 25°223 m16.2 mi
Hughes HillNNE 18°221 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:04
June solstice05:3919:3320:11
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice06:5816:0616:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414453627077818074635244
Precip in4.95.45.65.76.24.44.94.14.33.94.25.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Savannah 6 SW, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356831954

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