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Beaver Mills

Beaver Mills from directly overhead

Beaver Mills is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Dwight Hill stands 99 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank Pridgen Park, a park 10 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 129 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

human settlement in Alabama, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates30.96970, -88.23470

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frank Pridgen Park: 10.0 mi
  • Wilmer Park: 12.4 mi
  • Boykin State Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
  • Ellicott's Stone Historical Park: 12.6 mi
  • Semmes Community Park: 13.1 mi
Historic sites: 22
  • Satsuma Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Old Steam Engine: 18.4 mi
  • Jet Fighter - Trainer: 18.5 mi
  • Saint Mary: 18.7 mi
  • U.S. Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Plane: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 22.2 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II: 23.5 mi
  • Grumman HU-16E Albatross: 23.6 mi
  • Bell UH-1: 23.6 mi
  • Boeing B-52D: 23.7 mi
Museums: 18
  • Prichard Historical Museum / Old City Hall: 18.8 mi
  • Mobile Museum of Art: 18.9 mi
  • Africatown Heritage House: 19.1 mi
  • Archaeology Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Hank Aaron Childhood Home & Museum: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 8
  • SouthPaw: 19.3 mi
  • John LeFlore & Joseph Langan: 22.0 mi
  • Father Ryan Statue: 22.2 mi
  • Holy Cross: 22.3 mi
  • Queen: 22.5 mi
Peaks: 7
  • Big Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Dwight Hill: 13.0 mi
  • Big Sand Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Dove Roost Hill: 20.9 mi
  • Stony Hill: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.8 mi
  • Tensaw Bluff: 24.3 mi
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dwight HillN 353°99 m13.0 mi
Big Sand HillN 351°96 m15.9 mi
High HillNNE 21°81 m24.7 mi
Dove Roost HillNNE 23°78 m20.9 mi
Stony HillESE 120°68 m24.5 mi
Big RockNE 42°63 m12.4 mi
Beard HillNNE 19°32 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3319:05
June solstice05:5119:2520:00
September equinox06:4218:1918:51
December solstice06:4816:1916:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Sep–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515561677480828278695953
Precip in5.74.55.45.75.46.67.76.95.33.94.65.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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