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Little Nashville

Little Nashville from directly overhead

Little Nashville is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. High Top stands 557 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Trenton Point, a cliff 1.6 miles away.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates34.75278, -86.23111

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Nat Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Round Knob: 4.3 mi
  • Bingham Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Jacobs Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Little Mountain: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Elliott Reservation: 6.9 mi
  • Stevens Reservation: 7.3 mi
  • Lacy Reservation: 7.7 mi
  • Burns Reservation: 10.9 mi
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 40
Cliffs: 25
Artworks: 14
Museums: 14
Springs: 13
  • Fearn Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Little Chalybeate Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Moore Quarter Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Alm's Spring: 17.6 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Hotel Monte Sano: 17.2 mi
  • Statue of William Hooper Councill: 19.5 mi
  • 1989 Tornado Memorial: 19.6 mi
  • David Wilson: 19.6 mi
  • Kaffeeklatsch: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
  • Picnic site;Shelter;Toilets: 18.9 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 21.2 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 21.2 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 21.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Waterfalls: 2
  • Waterfall: 13.3 mi
  • Pisgah Gorge Falls #1: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Little Nashville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High TopNNW 336°557 m14.3 mi
Husky TopN 350°551 m14.9 mi
Doctor KnobNNE 25°537 m14.0 mi
Bice MountainNW 319°536 m9.9 mi
Putman MountainNNW 338°532 m9.9 mi
Miller MountainN 10°531 m13.6 mi
Larkin MountainN 8°530 m12.3 mi
Hodge MountainN 357°528 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2418:57
June solstice05:3319:2520:02
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:4916:0016:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787872615043
Precip in6.15.75.75.04.64.65.24.14.33.64.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsboro, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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