The Rock Zoo
The Rock Zoo is an artwork in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 190 m. Talley Top stands 558 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Neversink Pit, a nature reserve 1.8 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
How to reach it
- 29.6 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Scraper Hill: 2.2 mi
- The Buzzard Roost: 3.3 mi
- Poorhouse Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 4.1 mi
- Crow Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Samuel Key Reservation: 5.8 mi
- William Key Reservation: 6.3 mi
- Harlin Morgan and Rilie Reservations: 7.2 mi
- College Hill Historic District: 8.6 mi
- King Caldwell Park: 9.2 mi
- The Slipoff: 5.3 mi
- Piney Point: 5.3 mi
- Bishop Point: 8.9 mi
- Sand Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Winding Stairs: 9.4 mi
- Champion Spring: 11.3 mi
- Polly Anne Spring: 13.3 mi
- Austin Spring: 14.2 mi
- Graham Springs: 14.9 mi
- Graham Springs: 14.9 mi
- Neversink Pit: 1.8 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 13.3 mi
- John Sumach Reservation: 14.0 mi
- Walls of Jericho State Natural Area: 14.7 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 17.5 mi
- Southern Scottsboro Depot: 8.2 mi
- L&N RR Stevenson Depot: 12.4 mi
- Russell Cave National Monument: 18.2 mi
- Cathedral Caverns: 18.3 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 18.3 mi
- The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center: 8.3 mi
- Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center: 8.4 mi
- Bridgeport Depot Museum: 21.4 mi
- Lodge Museum of Cast Iron: 24.3 mi
- Bellefonte: 7.8 mi
- Little Nashville: 11.2 mi
- Scottsboro Boys Mural: 8.5 mi
- Meridian Arts Gallery: 21.1 mi
- Pisgah Gorge Falls #1: 13.4 mi
- Waterfall: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of The Rock Zoo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talley Top | NNW 329° | 558 m | 18.2 mi |
| Big Top | NNW 334° | 555 m | 17.3 mi |
| Husky Top | NW 311° | 551 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bear Hollow Mountain | N 7° | 550 m | 17.0 mi |
| Wilson Top | NW 326° | 548 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cooper Top | NNW 347° | 544 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bradford Mountain | NNW 342° | 544 m | 15.6 mi |
| Little Cumberland Mountain | NNW 336° | 543 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:59 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 71 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsboro 2 NE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11834359237
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