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Eagle Cliff

Eagle Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Cliff is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 523 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Battelle, a ghost town 0.7 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 4.5 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
523 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.65036, -85.55358

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 4.6 mi
  • Valley Head Town Park: 6.5 mi
  • Ider Park: 7.1 mi
  • Cloudmont Park: 8.8 mi
  • Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Gulf Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Little Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Pigeon Mountain: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • DeSoto Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Azalea Cascade: 11.2 mi
  • Lodge Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 11.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • Anderson Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Blue Hole: 12.7 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 21.2 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • Old Rock Schoolhouses: 10.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
  • Dye Ditch Gang: 17.1 mi
  • Georgia 4th Cavalry: 21.3 mi
  • 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 23.8 mi
Museums: 5
  • Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 17.1 mi
  • Little River Canyon Center: 18.0 mi
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 18.1 mi
  • Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Bridgeport Depot Museum: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 2
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainESE 112°659 m5.0 mi
Round TopNNE 33°647 m15.4 mi
Fox MountainN 353°591 m6.1 mi
Fox MountainN 357°584 m6.6 mi
Pigeon MountainE 91°566 m9.2 mi
Little MountainSSW 203°564 m8.3 mi
Mount BrandonSSW 212°506 m21.6 mi
Tatum MountainNNE 13°496 m22.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:54
June solstice05:3019:2219:59
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:4615:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586674777671604942
Precip in5.55.45.35.24.74.55.23.34.73.74.75.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valley Head, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358970997

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