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Battelle

Battelle from directly overhead

Battelle is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the east-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Cliff, a cliff 0.7 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 5.1 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Alabama, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates34.64940, -85.56530

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cloudland Canyon State Park: 5.3 mi
  • Valley Head Town Park: 6.1 mi
  • Ider Park: 6.5 mi
  • Cloudmont Park: 8.9 mi
  • Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 32
  • Gulf Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Fox Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Little Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Pigeon Mountain: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 14
  • DeSoto Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Indian Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Azalea Cascade: 11.0 mi
  • Lodge Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 11.2 mi
Springs: 13
  • Anderson Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Blue Hole: 13.4 mi
  • Wright Mineral Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Crawfish Spring: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Old Rock Schoolhouses: 9.8 mi
  • Dye Ditch Gang: 16.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 17.2 mi
  • Georgia 4th Cavalry: 21.8 mi
  • 2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Kentucky U.S. Cavalry Marker: 24.3 mi
Museums: 5
  • Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Little River Canyon Center: 17.7 mi
  • Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Bridgeport Depot Museum: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Mushroom Rock: 19.4 mi
  • L&N RR Stevenson Depot: 21.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainESE 109°659 m5.6 mi
Round TopNE 35°647 m15.9 mi
Fox MountainN 359°591 m6.1 mi
Fox MountainN 3°584 m6.7 mi
Pigeon MountainE 90°566 m9.9 mi
Little MountainSSW 199°564 m8.0 mi
Mount BrandonSSW 210°506 m21.2 mi
Tatum MountainNNE 14°496 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2118:54
June solstice05:3019:2219:59
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:4615:5716:36

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394350586674777671604942
Precip in5.55.45.35.24.74.55.23.34.73.74.75.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valley Head, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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