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Edmund Pettus Bridge

Edmund Pettus Bridge from directly overhead

Edmund Pettus Bridge is an attraction in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Perry Mountain stands 208 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Songs of Selma Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail runs past it. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

The story

Historic bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States

Dates from 1940.

Wikidata Q5339739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1940

How to reach it

Coordinates32.40504, -87.01834

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 29
  • Songs of Selma Park: 0.1 mi
  • Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park: 0.1 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.2 mi
  • Old Town Historic District: 0.4 mi
  • Riverview Historic District: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Selma Voting Rights Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Builders of Movements and Monuments: 0.2 mi
  • Rev. Hosea Williams Sr.: 0.2 mi
  • John Lewis: 0.2 mi
  • Amelia Boynton Robinson & Marie Foster: 0.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
Peaks: 8
  • Parker Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Cravey Hill: 19.2 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 20.2 mi
  • Mount Baber: 20.2 mi
  • Morgan Hill: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • The Perry County Story: 0.2 mi
  • Civil Rights Memorial Mural: 0.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bloch Park Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Cahaba River Preserve - Barton's Beach: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Perry MountainN 8°208 m24.8 mi
Round RockN 6°183 m24.9 mi
Parker MountainNE 43°174 m15.0 mi
Wildcat HillS 186°143 m22.6 mi
Mount BaberSE 146°108 m20.2 mi
Morgan HillSSW 194°95 m21.6 mi
Cravey HillESE 102°81 m19.2 mi
Johnson HillESE 114°65 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4219:2319:59
September equinox06:3718:1418:46
December solstice06:4616:1016:48

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485158657380838278675650
Precip in5.15.45.34.64.14.35.14.93.82.74.15.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Selma, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 13000281OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/649755419

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