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Rosa Parks Bus Stop

Rosa Parks Bus Stop from directly overhead

Rosa Parks Bus Stop is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Mount Carmel stands 192 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowe Dexter Pocket Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Selma to Montgomery March Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2019-12-01
Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates32.37747, -86.30892

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lowe Dexter Pocket Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lister Hill Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Legacy Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Alabama Bicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 0.4 mi
Museums: 19
Peaks: 10
  • Cobbs Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Taskigi Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Cantelous Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Gunter Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Gin Shop Hill: 11.7 mi
Historic sites: 9
Artworks: 7
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Peace and Justice Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rosa Parks Bus Stop. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarmelS 185°192 m24.8 mi
Bald KnobNNE 32°174 m13.0 mi
Gin Shop HillWNW 298°138 m11.7 mi
Pierces HillSSW 199°125 m24.7 mi
Cantelous HillWSW 254°104 m9.5 mi
Cobbs HillNW 320°95 m7.3 mi
Gunter HillW 259°94 m9.7 mi
Cravey HillW 265°81 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:57
June solstice05:3919:2019:56
September equinox06:3418:1118:43
December solstice06:4316:0716:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485359667480838378675750
Precip in4.64.95.24.03.94.15.14.03.72.93.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10992238863

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