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Memorial Airpark

Memorial Airpark from directly overhead

Memorial Airpark is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Museum Of Flight, a museum 0.2 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 9.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Southern Museum of Flight

How to reach it

Coordinates33.56357, -86.74165

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wahouma Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lynn Park: 0.9 mi
  • East Lake Park: 1.0 mi
  • Downey Park: 1.2 mi
  • Beulah Lewis Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Pilot Knob: 5.0 mi
  • Little Sand Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Shades Mountain: 7.4 mi
  • Lassiter Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Cat Mountain: 7.9 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 13
  • Irondale Furnace Historical Marker: 4.0 mi
  • Steelworker: 4.9 mi
  • Heaviest Corner on Earth: 5.0 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Decil’s Fountain: 5.4 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Water Based: 0.5 mi
  • Magic City Sign: 5.1 mi
  • Five Points South: 5.4 mi
  • Complex Vision Mozaic: 5.4 mi
  • Vulcan: 5.9 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cannon Pavillion: 15.9 mi
  • Tilton Arbor: 15.9 mi
  • Front Porch: 15.9 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 16.0 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 16.0 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike Repair: 9.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spoonwood Lake Beach: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 17.8 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Memorial Airpark. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald Rock MountainE475 m18.6 mi
Signal MountainSE460 m14.8 mi
Sand MountainSE447 m14.9 mi
Butler MountainNE430 m13.0 mi
Foster MountainNE421 m12.5 mi
Cahaba MountainNE419 m17.7 mi
Saint Clair MountainNE414 m22.1 mi
Black Oak MountainNE413 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3819:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1218:45
December solstice06:4816:0516:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278828176655447
Precip in5.04.95.75.14.94.85.44.44.03.34.24.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1291207104

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