Ghost town · Alabama
Blakeley
Blakeley is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Stony Hill stands 68 m to the northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tensaw Bluff, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 6.0 miles off.
human settlement in Alabama, United States of America
What the record says
- Founded
- 1814
How to reach it
Coordinates30.74222, -87.92417
- 6.0 mi off the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Blakeley Park: 0.5 mi
- William L Holland Wildlife Management Area: 3.4 mi
- Integrity Park: 5.1 mi
- Meaher State Park: 5.3 mi
- Meaher State Park: 5.6 mi
Attractions: 25
- Little Yellow Submarine: 5.2 mi
- Gator Boardwalk: 6.2 mi
- McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II: 6.7 mi
- Anchor: 6.7 mi
- LVTP5A1: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 23
- Redoubt 4: 0.9 mi
- 15th Massachusetts Battery: 1.1 mi
- Vietnam Veterans of America: 6.9 mi
- Lower Alabama Vietnam veterans memorial: 6.9 mi
- The Fallen Guardians Monument: 6.9 mi
Museums: 21
- Restoration Area: 6.9 mi
- National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico: 7.7 mi
- Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center: 7.7 mi
- Condé-Charlotte Museum House: 7.8 mi
- Richards DAR House Museum: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 9
- Portal: 7.6 mi
- Louis Armstrong: 7.8 mi
- Queen: 7.8 mi
- Joe Cain: 7.8 mi
- Holy Cross: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Red Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Twentyone Mile Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Twenty Four Mile Bluff: 14.6 mi
- Twentyseven Mile Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Thirty One Mile Bluff: 19.6 mi
Gardens: 5
- Canterbury Place Garden: 7.9 mi
- Cornerstone Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Central Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Tensaw Bluff: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Belle Fontaine: 22.1 mi
- Beaver Mills: 24.2 mi
Peaks: 1
- Stony Hill: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog: 23.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Cedar Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Red Hill Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blakeley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NE 38° | 68 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:23 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:19 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile Dwtn AP, 12 mi away.
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