Falling Rock
Falling Rock is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 224 m. Signal Mountain stands 460 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Grande View Park, a park 3.5 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 26 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 224 m
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Grande View Park: 3.5 mi
- Grande View Preserve Walking Trail: 3.7 mi
- Veteran's Park: 4.6 mi
- Arrington Park: 4.6 mi
- Heros Park: 4.7 mi
- Potato Hill: 7.6 mi
- Sand Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Fountain Hill: 10.1 mi
- Gray Hill: 11.6 mi
- Johnson Mountain: 11.9 mi
- National Veteran's Shrine: 5.2 mi
- Stewards of the Centennial Capsule: 5.5 mi
- West Blocton: 12.6 mi
- Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 12.9 mi
- Site Of Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 13.0 mi
- Organic Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Hazel P. Boren Courtyard and Garden: 21.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 22.9 mi
- UAB Upperclassmen Green: 23.1 mi
- Blazer Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Bessemer Hall of History: 15.9 mi
- Museum of George Washington: 17.2 mi
- Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center: 19.9 mi
- Vulcan Museum: 22.8 mi
- Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens: 22.8 mi
- Tinglewood Carvings: 6.0 mi
- MESH Collective Art: 19.0 mi
- African Village in America: 21.1 mi
- Vulcan: 22.8 mi
- Blaze: 23.2 mi
- Bolton-Orr Ecological Preserve at Ebenezer Wetlands: 5.5 mi
- Cahaba River Park: 6.2 mi
- Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: 11.1 mi
- Moss Rock Preserve: 15.0 mi
- UWA Cahaba Biodiversity Center: 17.1 mi
- Camp Tranquility Main Entrance: 15.6 mi
- Maggie's Glen: 16.4 mi
- King's Chair Overlook: 17.2 mi
- Vulcan: 22.8 mi
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark: 24.8 mi
- Cannon Pavillion: 22.1 mi
- Tilton Arbor: 22.2 mi
- Judson Day Gazeebo: 22.2 mi
- Front Porch: 22.2 mi
- Lifeguard Gazeebo: 22.3 mi
- Tuscaloosa County Rest Area (Southbound): 24.1 mi
- Tuscaloosa County Rest Area - I 59 Northbound: 24.1 mi
- Chilton County Rest Area (Southbound): 24.2 mi
- Chilton County Rest Area (Northbound): 24.4 mi
- Cadle: 9.9 mi
- Peavine Falls: 12.6 mi
- Spoonwood Lake Beach: 23.0 mi
- Laurel Point: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Falling Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | NE 51° | 460 m | 24.3 mi |
| Shades Mountain | NNE 21° | 346 m | 21.1 mi |
| Columbiana Mountain | E 85° | 295 m | 18.8 mi |
| Little Shades Mountain | N 3° | 258 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rock Mountain | NW 322° | 257 m | 14.0 mi |
| West Rock Mountain | NNW 340° | 247 m | 18.3 mi |
| Bee Mountain | N 360° | 244 m | 13.4 mi |
| Muscoda Mountain | N 360° | 244 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
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 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alabaster Shelby CO AP Asos, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358911207
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