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Historic public park in Memphis, Tennessee, United States

Overton Park

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

Overton Park
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Diocese 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
  2. 02
    Simmons 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
  3. 03
    Mid-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
  4. 04
    Rhodes 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
  5. 05
    Cathedral 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
  6. 06
    University 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
  7. 07
    Memphis 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
  8. 08
    University 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
  9. 09
    St. 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
  10. 10
    Christian 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 Park
    8 km · quickest by road, 25 min · $1
  • Birmingham → Overton Park
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • St Louis → Overton Park
    387 km · quickest by road, 6h 31m · $37–50
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Overton Park

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Overton Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,596 km
  2. 02
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,838 km
  3. 03
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    1,945 km
  4. 04
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    2,026 km
  5. 05
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    2,057 km

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Around it

Next door to Overton Park

Overton Park is 5 km from Memphis, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Binghamptonhuman settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America1.8 km
  • Chickasaw Gardenshuman settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America3.6 km
  • East High Schoolhigh school in the Memphis City Schools district in Memphis, Tennessee3.6 km
  • Central Gardenshuman settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America2.2 km
  • Cooper-Younghuman settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America3 km
  • Evergreenhuman settlement in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America1.6 km