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UAB Upperclassmen Green

UAB Upperclassmen Green from directly overhead

UAB Upperclassmen Green is a garden in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is UAB Campus Green, a park 0.2 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 10 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
UAB
Access
unknown

How to reach it

Coordinates33.49797, -86.80401

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • UAB Campus Green: 0.2 mi
  • Phelan Park: 0.3 mi
  • UAB Minipark: 0.3 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bevill Building Courtyard: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Shades Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Little Valley Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Irish Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Cat Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Little Shades Mountain: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • Donor Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • The Storyteller: 0.5 mi
  • Decil’s Fountain: 0.5 mi
  • Heaviest Corner on Earth: 1.1 mi
  • Steelworker: 1.7 mi
Museums: 13
Gardens: 8
Artworks: 8
  • Blaze: 0.4 mi
  • Complex Vision Mozaic: 0.4 mi
  • Five Points South: 0.5 mi
  • Vulcan: 0.7 mi
  • Magic City Sign: 1.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cannon Pavillion: 14.9 mi
  • Tilton Arbor: 14.9 mi
  • Front Porch: 14.9 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 15.0 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 15.0 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike Repair: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spoonwood Lake Beach: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of UAB Upperclassmen Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald Rock MountainENE 71°475 m23.2 mi
Signal MountainESE 118°460 m14.6 mi
Sand MountainESE 109°447 m15.7 mi
Butler MountainNE 35°430 m18.8 mi
Foster MountainNE 36°421 m18.3 mi
Cahaba MountainNE 43°419 m23.5 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 36°413 m17.5 mi
Praytor MountainNE 37°411 m18.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3919:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:4816:0616:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278828176655447
Precip in5.04.95.75.14.94.85.44.44.03.34.24.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Carpenter Bee210 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee191 obs
  • Green Anole190 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel140 obs
  • Pond Slider135 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle129 obs
  • Western Honey Bee115 obs
  • Twin-flagged Jumping Spider114 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/682172239

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