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 The Gulch and Nashville.

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.

Green Hills

Hamlet

Green Hills is an affluent neighborhood in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Green Hills is located south of downtown Nashville on Hillsboro Pike. Green Hills is within a region extending south to Forest Hills and Williamson County and east-west to Oak Hill and Belle Meade. Green Hills is situated 5 miles southeast of West Park.

West Park

Category: recreation area
Location: Davidson, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.16137° or 36° 9′ 41″ north

Longitude

-86.86398° or 86° 51′ 50″ west

Elevation

413 feet (126 metres)

Open location code

868M546P+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 764098344

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4666833

Wikidata ID

Q49578930

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Satellite Map

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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

Explore places such as Richland and West Nashville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Friendship Pentecostal Church and Sixtyfirst Avenue United Methodist Church.

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