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Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks from directly overhead

Rosa Parks is an artwork in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Bald Knob stands 174 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Steadfast Stride Toward Justice, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Selma to Montgomery March Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2024-02-14
Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates32.38167, -86.30870

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Legacy Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Lister Hill Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lowe Dexter Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 10
Peaks: 9
  • Cobbs Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Taskigi Mound: 8.9 mi
  • Cantelous Hill: 9.6 mi
  • Gunter Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Gin Shop Hill: 11.6 mi
Artworks: 6
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Peace and Justice Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rosa Parks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald KnobNNE 33°174 m12.8 mi
Gin Shop HillWNW 297°138 m11.6 mi
Pierces HillSSW 199°125 m25.0 mi
Cantelous HillWSW 252°104 m9.6 mi
Cobbs HillNW 319°95 m7.1 mi
Gunter HillWSW 257°94 m9.8 mi
Cravey HillW 264°81 m22.7 mi
Johnson HillWSW 254°65 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:57
June solstice05:3919:2019:56
September equinox06:3418:1118:43
December solstice06:4316:0716:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485359667480838378675750
Precip in4.64.95.24.03.94.15.14.03.72.93.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12349637545

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