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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
Historic sites: 15
  • 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
Museums: 13
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: 4
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 MountainE 81°475 m18.6 mi
Signal MountainSE 141°460 m14.8 mi
Sand MountainSE 131°447 m14.9 mi
Butler MountainNE 34°430 m13.0 mi
Foster MountainNE 35°421 m12.5 mi
Cahaba MountainNE 44°419 m17.7 mi
Saint Clair MountainNE 39°414 m22.1 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 35°413 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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