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Booger Tree

Booger Tree from directly overhead

Booger Tree is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 256 m. Penitentiary Mountain stands 324 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Batts Nest, a ghost town 5.2 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

ghost town in Winston County, Alabama

How to reach it

Coordinates34.18640, -87.51810

70 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
  • Balls Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Millstone Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Bald Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Needles Eye: 9.8 mi
  • Kinlock Knob: 10.6 mi
Parks: 19
  • City Lake Park: 5.5 mi
  • Haleyville Rocky Ravine Park: 6.1 mi
  • Natural Bridge Park: 8.6 mi
  • David Posey Memorial Stadium: 9.9 mi
  • Bee Branch Scenic Area: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Caney Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Mill Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Factory Falls: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Winston County Confederate Monument: 7.9 mi
  • Star Theater Historic Monument: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Natural Bridge Park: 8.5 mi
  • Hammer Park: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Old Car: 9.4 mi
Museums: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Coca Cola Historic Mural: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Penitentiary MountainNNE324 m20.0 mi
Kinlock KnobN317 m10.6 mi
Cheatham KnobNE313 m19.6 mi
Horsemill MountainNNW308 m20.2 mi
Buzzard RoostNE303 m24.4 mi
Balls MountainNNE300 m6.0 mi
Suggs MountainNNW297 m20.9 mi
High House HillNE291 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:02
June solstice05:3919:2920:06
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5316:0716:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424654626976797974635244
Precip in5.96.25.75.95.65.65.45.04.44.65.16.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haleyville, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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