Pulpit Rock
Pulpit Rock is a cliff in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 599 m. Cheaha Mountain stands 733 m to the east-northeast, 0.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Highest Point in Alabama, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Talladega Scenic Drive passes 0.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 599 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Talladega Scenic Drive, National
- 14.6 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Restaurant Overlook · 1 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 4 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cheaha Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Bald Rock: 1.1 mi
- Hernandez Peak: 1.7 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.7 mi
- McDill Point: 2.0 mi
- Park of Karian Court: 6.6 mi
- Choccolocco Park: 8.3 mi
- Veteran's Park: 8.4 mi
- City of Oxford Park: 8.5 mi
- Oxford Lake Park: 8.7 mi
- Highest Point in Alabama: 0.6 mi
- Bell UH-1: 12.2 mi
- M103: 12.2 mi
- F-100F: 12.2 mi
- Talladega College Sign: 17.2 mi
- Walt Farr Native American Relic Museum: 0.7 mi
- Anniston Museum of Natural History: 14.8 mi
- Berman Museum: 14.8 mi
- Alabama International Motorsports Hall of Fame: 15.8 mi
- International Motorsports Hall of Fame: 16.0 mi
- Chief Chenneby Grave: 8.3 mi
- Greyhound Bus Burning Site: 11.7 mi
- Samuel Noble Monument: 12.1 mi
- Clay County Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Fort McClellan EPW Cemetery: 16.3 mi
- Salt Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Rob Roy Falls: 14.0 mi
- World’s Largest Chair: 11.8 mi
- Greyhound Mural: 12.1 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 10.4 mi
- All Saints Garden: 12.1 mi
- Sherman Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Minden: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Pulpit Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheaha Mountain | ENE 71° | 733 m | 0.6 mi |
| Odum Point | S 189° | 714 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hernandez Peak | SSE 169° | 703 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bald Rock | NE 35° | 696 m | 1.1 mi |
| Parker High Point | S 184° | 667 m | 4.6 mi |
| McDill Point | S 184° | 648 m | 2.0 mi |
| Big Caney Head | S 190° | 648 m | 4.9 mi |
| Morton Hill | NNE 18° | 628 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anniston Metro AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358989961
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