Purple Heart Memorial
Purple Heart Memorial is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Georgia Mountain stands 377 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sparkman Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
Purple Heart Memorial. Includes an artillery piece.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Combat Wounded Veterans. 1782-1932. The price of liberty is as high as it is sweet and we who cherish it must be prepared to defend it at all times.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sparkman Park: 0.2 mi
- Grady and Margie Long Complex: 0.2 mi
- E.A.R.T.H. Park: 1.0 mi
- Woodall's Bridge Park: 3.0 mi
- Depot Park: 4.3 mi
- Snow Hill: 2.0 mi
- Aiken Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Fairview Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Cedar Plains Hill: 6.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.5 mi
- Fall Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Bee Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 12.1 mi
- Lest We Forget: 13.4 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 16.2 mi
- Cullman Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 1.1 mi
- Clarkson Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Sportsman Lake: 16.8 mi
- Ave Maria Grotto: 18.7 mi
- Helicopter: 22.1 mi
- Falkville: 4.4 mi
- Tortoise: 11.9 mi
- Rabbit: 11.9 mi
- Schooling fish: 11.9 mi
- Beaver: 11.9 mi
- Cook Museum of Natural Science: 12.5 mi
- Southern Railway Depot: 13.2 mi
- Crooked Creek Civil War Museum: 14.3 mi
- Cullman County Museum: 17.9 mi
- Talucah Beach: 15.6 mi
- Mallard Creek Beach: 22.6 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Lacon: 6.7 mi
- Betts Spring: 20.9 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 24.8 mi
- Cullman County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Purple Heart Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Mountain | E 79° | 377 m | 16.9 mi |
| Kennedy Point | ENE 74° | 370 m | 16.4 mi |
| Wilson Mountain | E 96° | 357 m | 6.6 mi |
| Peck Mountain | ESE 102° | 356 m | 12.4 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | ESE 110° | 352 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cooper Mountain | E 90° | 350 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pate Mountain | E 91° | 348 m | 14.9 mi |
| Negro Mountain | ESE 117° | 342 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:27 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/552497468
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