Overton Park
Overton Park is a 342-acre (138 ha) public park in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee.

Overton Park is a 342-acre (138 ha) public park in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee. The park grounds contain the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis Zoo, a 9-hole golf course, the Metal Museum, Rainbow Lake, Veterans Plaza, the Greensward, and other features. The park was established in 1906 and contains the Old Forest Arboretum of Overton Park, one of the few remaining old growth forests in Tennessee.
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Worth seeing in and around Overton Park
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Diocese of Memphis
The Diocese of Memphis is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the western part of Tennessee in the United States. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Memphis.
3.6 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 02Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, originally named Memphis Memorial Stadium, and later Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, is a football stadium located at the former Mid-South Fairgrounds in the Midtown area of Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The stadium is the site of the annual Liberty Bowl, the annual Southern Heritage Classic, and is the home field of the University of Memphis Tigers football team of the American Athletic Conference.
3 km · stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, USA · Wikipedia - 03Mid-South Coliseum
Mid-South Coliseum is a defunct indoor arena in Memphis, Tennessee. The facility was opened in 1964, and became known "The Entertainment Capitol of the Mid-South" due its significance in hosting events such as concerts, sports games and professional wrestling shows.
3.2 km · arena in Tennessee, United States · Wikipedia - 04Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
1.1 km · private, four-year liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee · Wikipedia - 05Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States. It is the seat of the Diocese of Memphis.
2.7 km · Catholic cathedral in Memphis, Tennessee, United States · Wikipedia - 06University of Tennessee Health Science Center
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a public medical school in Memphis, Tennessee. It includes the Colleges of Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy.
3.8 km · Health Sciences division of the University of Tennessee · Wikipedia - 07Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee.
600 m · art museum in Memphis, Tennessee · Wikipedia - 08University of Tennessee College of Medicine
The University of Tennessee College of Medicine is one of six graduate schools of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in downtown Memphis. The oldest public medical school in Tennessee, the UT College of Medicine is a LCME-accredited member of the Association of American Medical Colleges and awards graduates of the four-year program Doctor of Medicine degrees.
3.8 km · Medical School of the University of Tennessee in Memphis, TN, USA · Wikipedia - 09St. Mary's Catholic Church (Memphis, Tennessee)
St. Mary's Catholic Church, located in the city of Memphis, Tennessee, United States, is a historic Roman Catholic Church.
3.6 km · church building in Tennessee, United States of America · Wikipedia - 10Christian Brothers University
Christian Brothers University is a private Catholic university in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. It was founded in 1871 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic teaching order.
2.2 km · Catholic university in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. · Wikipedia
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Getting to Overton Park
- Airports
- Frederick W. Smith (MEM), 11 km
- Nashville → Overton Park8 km · quickest by road, 25 min · $1
- Birmingham → Overton ParkTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- St Louis → Overton Park387 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · $37–50
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No local-transport research exists yet for Overton Park
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Overton Park is 5 km from Memphis, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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