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Rawlingsville

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Rawlingsville is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 293 m. Gulf Mountain stands 659 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dekalb County VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds, a park 0.4 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

human settlement in Alabama, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates34.46110, -85.69860

121 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Dekalb County VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds: 0.4 mi
  • Dekalb VFW Agricultural Fairgrounds: 0.5 mi
  • Williams Avenue School Athletic Facilities: 0.6 mi
  • Alabama Music Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hawkins Spring Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Castle Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Brandon: 6.1 mi
  • Little Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Wooten Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Cedar Point: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Lost Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Laurel Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Azalea Cascade: 5.1 mi
  • Lodge Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Indian Falls: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 6
  • Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Little River Canyon Center: 5.7 mi
  • Cherokee Historical Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Dye Ditch Gang: 1.7 mi
  • Old Rock Schoolhouses: 5.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Mushroom Rock: 7.1 mi
  • Southern Scottsboro Depot: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Otting Tract Wilderness Management Area: 14.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Anderson Spring: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gulf MountainNE 49°659 m17.1 mi
Fox MountainNNE 21°591 m20.5 mi
Fox MountainNNE 22°584 m21.2 mi
Pigeon MountainNE 53°566 m21.8 mi
Little MountainNE 42°564 m7.3 mi
Mount BrandonSSW 211°506 m6.1 mi
Bogan PeakSE 139°505 m17.5 mi
Castle RockS 191°486 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2218:55
June solstice05:3119:2219:59
September equinox06:3218:0818:41
December solstice06:4615:5816:37

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424654627077808075645345
Precip in5.35.45.35.15.04.65.43.94.43.64.55.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Payne, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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