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Alabama Monument

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

Coordinates34.92447, -85.25704

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 52
Attractions: 33
Cliffs: 30
Waterfalls: 22
  • 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
Museums: 18
Nature reserves: 12
Springs: 9
  • 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
Gardens: 9
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Alabama Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round TopSW 234°647 m10.3 mi
Suck Creek MountainNNW 331°624.84 m20.4 mi
Round KnobNNW 339°601 m17.1 mi
Buck KnobNNW 349°595 m20.2 mi
Fox MountainSW 234°591 m21.8 mi
Fox MountainSW 234°584 m21.1 mi
Elder MountainNNW 328°569 m14.8 mi
Pigeon MountainSSW 202°566 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4619:2019:53
June solstice06:2820:2120:59
September equinox07:3019:0619:39
December solstice07:4616:5517:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451596774787772614942
Precip in5.65.15.04.74.64.25.14.54.23.64.45.4

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358765554

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