Skip to content

Gantts Quarry

Gantts Quarry from directly overhead

Gantts Quarry is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Horn Mountain stands 588 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gantt's Quarry Observation Point, a historic site 1.1 miles away. Talladega Scenic Drive passes 30 miles off.

ghost town in Talladega County, Alabama, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates33.14833, -86.28944

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Merkl Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Tanyard Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Herds Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Marble Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Cohabie Mountain: 6.5 mi
Parks: 28
  • Beth Wallace Yates Park: 2.5 mi
  • Central Park: 2.8 mi
  • Noble Park: 3.2 mi
  • Sycamore City Park: 8.6 mi
  • Oak grove park and walking track: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pavillion 1: 19.7 mi
  • Pavillion 2: 19.8 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 23.3 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 23.3 mi
  • Front Porch: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Museums: 4
  • Comer Museum and Arts Center: 3.0 mi
  • Museum of George Washington: 18.6 mi
  • Dr. William R. Harvey Museum of Art: 22.2 mi
  • Jemison Carnegie Heritage Hall Mueseum and Art Center: 22.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Talladega College Sign: 22.0 mi
  • Talladega College Sign: 22.2 mi
  • Talladega College Sign: 22.2 mi
  • Talladega College Entrance Gate: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
  • School Bus Island: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rob Roy Falls: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Gantts Quarry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horn MountainNE 50°588 m16.2 mi
The PinnacleNE 51°489 m18.9 mi
Flagpole MountainNNE 15°474 m18.8 mi
London MountainENE 60°464 m22.2 mi
Signal MountainNW 316°460 m24.1 mi
Rebecca MountainE 85°455 m8.0 mi
Sand MountainNW 322°447 m24.1 mi
McGehee MountainENE 71°433 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:57
June solstice05:3719:2219:58
September equinox06:3418:1118:43
December solstice06:4516:0516:43

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434754616976797873625245
Precip in5.65.95.54.84.45.04.64.33.73.54.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sylacauga 4 NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

WikipediaWikidata
More ghost towns in Alabama

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Gantts Quarry.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens