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Suspension

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Suspension is a ghost town in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Graveyard Hill stands 211 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullock County Courthouse Historic District, a park 8.3 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 16 miles off. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates32.19667, -85.58806

31 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 9
  • Bullock County Courthouse Historic District: 8.3 mi
  • Wehle Tract: 13.2 mi
  • Barbour County State Wildlife Management Area: 14.8 mi
  • Green Fork Park: 16.1 mi
  • Abbott Park: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Town of Midway Confederate Monument: 9.2 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Monument: 17.6 mi
  • Physical Plant/Enginee's Office (Ghost Structure): 18.8 mi
  • Army Supply Building (Ghost Structure): 18.8 mi
  • Cadet House (Ghost Structure): 18.8 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Tuskegee University Sign: 17.2 mi
  • Beginning of the George Washington Carver Nutrition Trail: 17.5 mi
  • Lincoln Gates: 17.5 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Kennedy Hill: 19.3 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 20.0 mi
  • Wolfpit Hill: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taska Recreation Area: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graveyard HillSSE 153°211 m20.0 mi
Kennedy HillSSE 156°210 m19.3 mi
Wolfpit HillSSW 211°197 m22.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2218:54
June solstice05:3719:1719:53
September equinox06:3118:0818:41
December solstice06:4016:0516:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056627077807975645448
Precip in5.04.75.54.64.34.95.95.03.83.44.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Springs 9 S, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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