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Arcola

Arcola from directly overhead

Arcola is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Armstrong Hill stands 106 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Arcola Public Use Area, a park 1.1 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 4.1 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

ghost town in Hale County, Alabama

How to reach it

Coordinates32.56620, -87.78180

81 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 37
  • Arcola Public Use Area: 1.1 mi
  • Backbone Branch Public Area: 1.3 mi
  • Backbone Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lock Number Five Left Bank Public Use Area: 2.5 mi
  • French Creek Public Use Area: 3.5 mi
Cliffs: 20
Peaks: 15
  • Lamberths Mound: 5.4 mi
  • Kid Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Fannin Hill: 7.8 mi
  • McAlpin Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Bullocks Hill: 10.0 mi
Museums: 3
  • Marengo County History & Archives Museum: 4.7 mi
  • Safe House Black History Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Magnolia Grove: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Greene County Rest Area - I 59 Southbound: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Arcola. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Armstrong HillWSW 258°106 m13.0 mi
Hays MountNW 320°88 m17.5 mi
Burton HillNW 316°84 m13.9 mi
Hagan HillNW 308°79 m14.0 mi
Bullocks HillNW 314°77 m10.0 mi
Trimble HillNW 310°77 m16.7 mi
Grant HillSSW 200°75 m14.9 mi
Fannin HillNW 326°71 m7.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3119:03
June solstice05:4519:2620:02
September equinox06:4018:1718:49
December solstice06:5016:1316:50

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647279818176655448
Precip in5.75.45.84.83.64.65.04.93.43.34.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Demopolis L&D, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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