Lovers Leap
Lovers Leap is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Orange Hill stands 150 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lock Number One Left Bank Public Use Area, a park 0.5 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 165 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 25 m
How to reach it
- 164.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
49 named places within 25 miles
- Cowans Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Rock Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Ball Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Carney Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Secession Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Lock Number One Left Bank Public Use Area: 0.5 mi
- Upper State Game Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Alabama Bluegrass Music Park: 5.3 mi
- Palmer Stadium: 6.0 mi
- H.W. Pearce, Jr. Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Hatchetigbee Hills: 8.6 mi
- Roundtop Hill: 12.6 mi
- Nannie Chufa: 14.9 mi
- High Rocky Hill: 14.9 mi
- Monger Hill: 15.0 mi
- Wakefield: 12.9 mi
- Clarkesville: 14.5 mi
- Failetown: 25.0 mi
- World War I Monument (1924): 18.1 mi
- Clarke County Museum: 18.2 mi
- Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovers Leap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Hill | ENE 59° | 150 m | 20.3 mi |
| Campbell Mountain | N 4° | 123 m | 23.9 mi |
| Dunagan Hill | N 1° | 108 m | 16.9 mi |
| Roundtop Hill | ESE 120° | 105 m | 12.6 mi |
| Owl Hill | N 359° | 101 m | 19.6 mi |
| High Hill | S 188° | 81 m | 18.5 mi |
| Dove Roost Hill | S 189° | 78 m | 22.4 mi |
| Monger Hill | S 184° | 60 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:25 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:17 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 58 | 64 | 72 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358953198
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