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Fort Decatur Recreation Center

Fort Decatur Recreation Center from directly overhead

Fort Decatur Recreation Center is a historic site in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 265 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
180 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.59883, -86.98222
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Casa Grande Park: 0.3 mi
  • Delano Park: 0.3 mi
  • Courthouse Park: 0.6 mi
  • Frazier Park: 0.6 mi
  • Jesse Lewis Smith Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 39
Artworks: 21
  • Beaver: 0.3 mi
  • Dragonfly: 0.3 mi
  • Rabbit: 0.3 mi
  • Schooling fish: 0.3 mi
  • Tortoise: 0.3 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Lest We Forget: 1.5 mi
  • Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 10.8 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Tornado Memorial: 13.1 mi
  • Trinity School Cistern: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 13
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 0.4 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 1.0 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 14.2 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 14.4 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 22.9 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 22.9 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 22.9 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 23.0 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 23.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • Betts Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Betts Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Fort Decatur Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainSE 143°357 m15.6 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 149°352 m15.9 mi
Cooper MountainSE 135°350 m16.5 mi
Rainbow MountainENE 57°349 m17.2 mi
Negro MountainSSE 150°342 m16.9 mi
Sand MountainSSW 210°310 m17.2 mi
Flat MountainSSW 208°306 m17.7 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 216°303 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2720:05
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5216:0316:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626976797973625144
Precip in5.45.55.45.24.94.64.83.93.93.94.46.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/474931781

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