Alabama Monument
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Alabama Monument is a historic site in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 240 m. Round Top stands 647 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Deshier Monument, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q34808137, matched on coordinates and name (72 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 240 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.1 mi off the Cohutta-Chattahoochee Scenic Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Ridge and Valley Scenic Byway
- 21.9 mi off the Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Frank Gleason Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
- Honor Park: 1.5 mi
- Gilbert-Stephenson Park: 1.8 mi
- Rossville Park: 3.8 mi
- Helicopter Park: 3.8 mi
- Snodgrass Hill: 0.8 mi
- Boynton Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Dailey Hill: 4.0 mi
- Happy Top: 4.6 mi
- Beaumont Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Deshier Monument: 0.2 mi
- Texas Monument: 0.2 mi
- King Monument: 0.2 mi
- Georgia Monument: 0.3 mi
- Bushrod R Johnson Monument: 0.4 mi
- Brotherton House: 0.5 mi
- Snodgrass House: 0.7 mi
- Cannon Ball: 3.5 mi
- Genie: 3.5 mi
- Orbiter: 3.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 6.5 mi
- Hawk Cliff: 7.5 mi
- High Point: 8.1 mi
- Street Point: 12.1 mi
- Tennessee Wall: 13.1 mi
- High Falls: 6.2 mi
- Lower Cascades Glen Falls 65: 6.5 mi
- Glen Falls 15: 6.5 mi
- Lula Falls 100: 6.6 mi
- Upper Glen Falls 12: 6.6 mi
- Sixth Cavalry Museum: 1.3 mi
- Walker County Regional Heritage Museum: 4.1 mi
- International Towing and Recovery Hall of Fame and Museum: 7.4 mi
- Battles of Chattanooga Museum: 7.7 mi
- Ochs Memorial Museum: 7.8 mi
- Moonrise: 7.6 mi
- Summertime (Art in Neighborhoods bus stop wrap): 8.8 mi
- Summertime: 8.9 mi
- Nutrition Sculpture: 9.4 mi
- Resurgence II: 9.5 mi
- Elise Chapin Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.6 mi
- Audubon Acres: 6.7 mi
- Audubon Society Wildlife Refuge: 9.5 mi
- Cloudland Canyon State Park: 12.6 mi
- TVA Big Ridge Small Wild Area: 13.1 mi
- Crawfish Spring: 4.2 mi
- Straight Spring: 6.0 mi
- Obar Spring: 10.9 mi
- Wright Mineral Spring: 11.9 mi
- Taylor Spring: 12.5 mi
- Windwood Bulk Center: 4.5 mi
- Rock City Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Jo Lawrence Memorial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Wild Ones Pollinator Garden: 8.5 mi
- Blue Cross Orchard Garden: 9.4 mi
- Chickamauga Dam Beach: 12.1 mi
- Booker T. Washington Park Beach: 13.8 mi
- Harrison Bay Park Beach: 18.3 mi
- Chester Frost Park Beach: 18.7 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.2 mi
- Picnic and Grill sites: 14.0 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 75 South: 4.9 mi
- Tennessee Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Alabama Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top | SW 234° | 647 m | 10.3 mi |
| Suck Creek Mountain | NNW 331° | 625 m | 20.4 mi |
| Round Knob | NNW 339° | 601 m | 17.1 mi |
| Buck Knob | NNW 349° | 595 m | 20.2 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SW 234° | 584 m | 21.1 mi |
| Elder Mountain | NNW 328° | 569 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pigeon Mountain | SSW 202° | 566 m | 20.5 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | NW 318° | 563 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:46 | 19:20 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:28 | 20:21 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:55 | 17:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickamauga PK Larc, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358765554
Day trips start here
- Chattanooga · 9 mi
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