Winstead Hill
Winstead Hill rises to 273 m in Tennessee. Sumner Knob stands 370 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Winstead Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 312 miles off.
The story
Winstead Hill is a property in Franklin, Tennessee that has significance in 1864 for being in the Second Battle of Franklin battlefield. It is located within the Franklin Battlefield, a U.S. National Historic Landmark area. In the battle, Confederate troops under General Hood attacked from Winstead Hill. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
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Wikidata Q31691926, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 273 m
How to reach it
- 311.6 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.0 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Winstead Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- Eastern Flank Battle Field Park: 1.9 mi
- Collins Farm Historic Park: 2.1 mi
- Williamson County Soccer Complex: 2.4 mi
- Jim Warren Park: 2.5 mi
- Breezy Hill: 0.4 mi
- Reid Hill: 3.1 mi
- Chambers Hill: 4.1 mi
- Ropers Knob: 4.2 mi
- Green Hill: 4.6 mi
- Battle of Franklin State Monuments: 0.3 mi
- Civil War Brigadier Generals Monuments: 0.3 mi
- Battle of Franklin Monuments: 0.3 mi
- Battle of Franklin - Winstead Hill: 0.3 mi
- Cannon: 2.8 mi
- Carnton Plantation: 1.8 mi
- Carter House: 2.1 mi
- Lotz House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Williamson County Archives and Museum: 2.6 mi
- McLemore House: 2.7 mi
- Figuers Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Wray Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.5 mi
- Buzzard Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Our Lady of Lever Lake: 13.3 mi
- Dragon: 17.8 mi
- Wedgehill Market -Mixtape: Memories: 18.1 mi
- Life Can Be Sweet: 18.3 mi
- The Edgehill Polar Bear Statues: 18.5 mi
- Boiling Spring Academy (historical): 8.2 mi
- Belmont Mansion: 17.9 mi
- Arcade Street: 20.0 mi
- Printers Alley: 20.0 mi
- Compass: 20.2 mi
- Glen Leven Farm: 16.2 mi
- Brookmeade Park at Kelley's Point Battlefield: 16.9 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 2: 22.1 mi
- Shelby Bottoms: 22.7 mi
- Percy Priest WMA - Unit 1: 22.8 mi
- Prime Health Rck Garden: 5.7 mi
- Cheekwood: 13.9 mi
- Cane Ridge Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Woodbine Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Sunken Garden: 18.6 mi
- Creekside Crossing: 11.3 mi
- Seven Points Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- West Meade Waterfall: 14.4 mi
- Omohundro Waterworks Lighthouse: 21.2 mi
- Lillard Mill: 21.5 mi
- Swimming Area: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Winstead Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner Knob | E 92° | 370 m | 14.6 mi |
| Buteomont | E 81° | 368.8 m | 10.3 mi |
| Jenkins Hill | E 79° | 367 m | 11.7 mi |
| Polk Hill | E 82° | 366 m | 13.0 mi |
| Morton Knob | E 79° | 365 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pleasant Hill Knob | ENE 71° | 361 m | 9.5 mi |
| McMahan Knob | ENE 70° | 355 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buckeye Knob | SE 143° | 354 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin Sewage PLT, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1274888 — Winstead Hill, Williamson County, Tennessee.
OpenStreetMap element node/356783416
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