Nashville: the Cumberland Bend at Last Light

Nashville sits in a broad basin of the Cumberland River, surrounded by the hills of Middle Tennessee. The John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge spans the river directly south of the Ryman Auditorium and the Broadway district. At golden hour the bridge cables glow amber against the city skyline; the east bank offers the canonical Nashville shot with the AT&T Building and the twin-towered "Batman Building" backlit. Shelby Bottoms Greenway, on the east bank north of town, gives a flat unobstructed angle across the river. Edwin Warner Park, 11 kilometers southwest at 230 meters elevation, provides a wooded western hillside for sunset over the Nashville Basin. At 36.2°N, golden hour lasts about 37 minutes, and the Tennessee Valley atmosphere often scatters sunset light into deep oranges before the colour fades.