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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. 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: 20
  • 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: 2
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.7 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 HillN99 m13.0 mi
Big Sand HillN96 m15.9 mi
High HillNNE81 m24.7 mi
Dove Roost HillNNE78 m20.9 mi
Stony HillESE68 m24.5 mi
Big RockNE63 m12.4 mi
Beard HillNNE32 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 50–80 °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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