West Park
West Park is a park in Davidson, Tennessee. West Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Richland, as well as near the neighborhood West Nashville.- Type: Park
- Description: park in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Also known as: “Cherokee Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tennessee State Prison and Tennessee State University.
Tennessee State Prison
Prison
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Tennessee State Prison is a former correctional facility located six miles west of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Centennial Boulevard. It opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992 because of overcrowding concerns.
Tennessee State University
University
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Tennessee State University is a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1912, it is the only state-funded historically black university in Tennessee. Tennessee State University is situated 2 miles east of West Park.
Darkhorse Theater
Theater building
Darkhorse Theater is a performing arts venue in Nashville, Tennessee, which hosts performances across different disciplines, including theater, music, and dance. Formerly a Presbyterian church, the facility seats 136 people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Meade and The Gulch.
West Meade
Hamlet
West Meade is a neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee. It is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, due to the fact that the government of Davidson County is consolidated with that of Nashville… West Meade is situated 3½ miles southwest of West Park.
The Gulch
Neighborhood
The Gulch is a neighborhood on the south fringe of downtown Nashville, Tennessee, near Interstate 40, Interstate 65 and Interstate 24. It is known to be a trendy and hip neighborhood, and a popular destination for locals, college students, and visitors. The Gulch is situated 4½ miles east of West Park.
Nashville
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nashville is the capital of the American state of Tennessee. With 716,000 residents in 2022, it is the state's largest city. Nashville is sometimes called the "Country Music Capital of the World" or more often "Music City, USA"; however, Nashville has done much to escape its country music image and become a regional center of culture and commerce.
West Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.16137° or 36° 9′ 41″ northLongitude
-86.86398° or 86° 51′ 50″ westElevation
413 feet (126 metres)Open location code
868M546P+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 764098344OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“West Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Park (parke sa Estados Unidos, Tennessee)”
- Cebuano: “West Park”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Friendship Pentecostal Church and Sixtyfirst Avenue United Methodist Church.
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