The band Alabama
The band Alabama is an artwork in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway runs past it. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- On the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
- 0.8 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 25.7 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Little River Falls Overlook · 6 mi
- Lynn Overlook · 7 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- City Park: 0.0 mi
- Fort Payne Main Street Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Fort Payne Boom Town Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Fort Payne Residential Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Patriots Park: 0.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 1.0 mi
- Mount Brandon: 4.4 mi
- Wooten Hill: 6.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Red Hill: 12.1 mi
- Lost Falls: 6.2 mi
- Little River Falls: 6.3 mi
- Grace's High Falls: 6.5 mi
- Laurel Falls: 6.6 mi
- Azalea Cascade: 6.8 mi
- Council Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 17.2 mi
- High View: 21.0 mi
- Huckleberry Point: 21.4 mi
- Dugout: 23.4 mi
- Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 1.0 mi
- Little River Canyon Center: 5.8 mi
- Cherokee Historical Museum: 20.3 mi
- Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center: 24.0 mi
- Rawlingsville: 1.7 mi
- Bootsville: 5.3 mi
- Battelle: 16.8 mi
- Turkey Town: 21.3 mi
- Bellefonte: 22.5 mi
- Dye Ditch Gang: 0.1 mi
- Old Rock Schoolhouses: 7.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 21.4 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 6.9 mi
- Southern Scottsboro Depot: 24.1 mi
- Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Anderson Spring: 22.6 mi
- Scottsboro Boys Mural: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The band Alabama. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Mountain | NE 49° | 659 m | 18.8 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NNE 23° | 591 m | 22.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NNE 24° | 584 m | 22.8 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | NE 53° | 566 m | 23.5 mi |
| Little Mountain | NE 43° | 564 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Brandon | SSW 205° | 506 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bogan Peak | SE 133° | 505 m | 17.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 117° | 486 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Payne, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12452643499
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