Laurel Point
Laurel Point is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 421 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 6.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 421 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Signal Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Sand Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Penitentiary Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Tater Hill: 5.9 mi
- Moore Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Turtle Back Park: 2.7 mi
- Olmsted Park: 3.1 mi
- Diehl Aerospace Inc: 3.8 mi
- Dunnavant Valley Park: 3.9 mi
- Westover Park: 4.3 mi
- Old CCC Ridgeline Campsite ("Unit 2"): 9.3 mi
- Old CCC Lakside Campsite ("Unit 1"): 9.4 mi
- Christian Camp Plaque #1: 9.4 mi
- Christian Camp Plaque #2: 9.4 mi
- Christian Camp Ruins: 9.4 mi
- Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum: 9.5 mi
- Vulcan Museum: 14.2 mi
- Southern Museum Of Flight: 14.7 mi
- Museum of George Washington: 15.3 mi
- Standard Oil Products Museum: 15.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 13.0 mi
- Hazel P. Boren Courtyard and Garden: 13.3 mi
- Avondale Rose Garden: 14.1 mi
- Blazer Gardens: 14.6 mi
- UAB Upperclassmen Green: 14.8 mi
- Vulcan: 14.2 mi
- Five Points South: 14.5 mi
- Complex Vision Mozaic: 14.9 mi
- Water Based: 15.1 mi
- Blaze: 15.2 mi
- Lifeguard Gazeebo: 2.6 mi
- Front Porch: 2.6 mi
- Tilton Arbor: 2.6 mi
- Judson Day Gazeebo: 2.6 mi
- Cannon Pavillion: 2.7 mi
- King's Chair Overlook: 7.6 mi
- Maggie's Glen: 8.7 mi
- Camp Tranquility Main Entrance: 9.4 mi
- Irondale Public Library: 11.1 mi
- Vulcan: 14.2 mi
- Ruffner Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Moss Rock Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Bolton-Orr Ecological Preserve at Ebenezer Wetlands: 20.9 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 21.4 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Spoonwood Lake Beach: 2.8 mi
- School Bus Island: 15.1 mi
- Peavine Falls: 12.3 mi
- Bike Repair: 23.7 mi
- Gantts Quarry: 24.0 mi
- Falling Rock: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Laurel Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Rock Mountain | NNE 32° | 475 m | 16.7 mi |
| Flagpole Mountain | E 88° | 474 m | 21.3 mi |
| Signal Mountain | WSW 245° | 460 m | 0.3 mi |
| Sand Mountain | NE 46° | 447 m | 2.3 mi |
| Foster Mountain | N 354° | 421 m | 21.7 mi |
| Black Oak Mountain | N 352° | 413 m | 21.1 mi |
| Praytor Mountain | N 355° | 411 m | 21.9 mi |
| High Point | NNE 33° | 399 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:05 | 16:43 |
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 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358918079
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