Yellow Python
Yellow Python is an artwork in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Round Mountain stands 240 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is River Road Park West, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 211 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 210.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- River Road Park West: 0.2 mi
- Queen City Park: 0.4 mi
- Queen City Park: 0.4 mi
- Pinehurst Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Caplewood Drive Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Queen City Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Evolution of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway: 0.5 mi
- Maxwell Hall: 0.7 mi
- Civic Hall of Fame: 0.7 mi
- The Mound: 0.8 mi
- Tuska: 0.7 mi
- Running Minerva: 0.7 mi
- Wallace Wade Statue: 0.7 mi
- Frank Thomas Statue: 0.7 mi
- Paul "Bear" Bryant Statue: 0.7 mi
- River Hill: 0.8 mi
- Childress Hill: 1.2 mi
- Holman Hill: 1.6 mi
- Kings Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Sand Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Children's Hands-On Museum: 0.8 mi
- Paul R. Jones Museum: 0.8 mi
- Alabama Museum of Natural History: 0.9 mi
- Smith Hall: 0.9 mi
- Old Tavern: 1.2 mi
- Reed Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Carson Bluff: 6.3 mi
- McGowins Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Steeles Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Steeles Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Bama Belle: 0.9 mi
- The Kentuck Art Center: 1.2 mi
- Marrs Spring: 0.6 mi
- Brownville: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Python. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Mountain | ENE 59° | 240 m | 19.6 mi |
| Cely Ann Mountain | ENE 65° | 207 m | 24.1 mi |
| Iron Ore Mountain | NE 37° | 201 m | 17.8 mi |
| Martha Washington Mountain | ENE 69° | 197 m | 18.9 mi |
| Phillips Mountain | NNW 328° | 193 m | 21.6 mi |
| Betty Hill | NE 51° | 177 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SSE 150° | 149 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tyro Creek Hill | N 356° | 142 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:27 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northport 2 S, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11297330241
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