Rosa Parks Bus Stop
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
- On the Selma to Montgomery March Byway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Rosa Parks Library and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Hank Williams Museum: 0.2 mi
- The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration: 0.2 mi
- Greyhound Bus Station;Freedom Rides Museum: 0.2 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial Center: 0.3 mi
- 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
- Hank Williams Statue: 0.3 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial: 0.3 mi
- National Memorial for Peace and Justice: 0.4 mi
- Confederate Memorial Monument: 0.5 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 0.5 mi
- Violata Pax Dove: 0.2 mi
- Steadfast Stride Toward Justice: 0.3 mi
- Rosa Parks: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 0.3 mi
- Wall of Tolerance: 0.4 mi
- Escapology Montgomery: 0.2 mi
- Harriott II Riverboat: 0.4 mi
- Avenue of Flags: 0.5 mi
- Town of Spectre: 5.1 mi
- The Alleyway: 12.7 mi
- Blue Bluff: 22.3 mi
- House Bluff: 24.1 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | S 185° | 192 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 32° | 174 m | 13.0 mi |
| Gin Shop Hill | WNW 298° | 138 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pierces Hill | SSW 199° | 125 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cantelous Hill | WSW 254° | 104 m | 9.5 mi |
| Cobbs Hill | NW 320° | 95 m | 7.3 mi |
| Gunter Hill | W 259° | 94 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cravey Hill | W 265° | 81 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10992238863
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