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Town of Midway Confederate Monument

Town of Midway Confederate Monument from directly overhead

Town of Midway Confederate Monument is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Graveyard Hill stands 211 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Wehle Tract, a park 4.2 miles away. Barbour County Governor's Trail passes 14 miles off. 11 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

The story

town in Bullock County, Alabama, United States

Wikidata Q68378, matched on coordinates and name (497 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Granite boulder erected to commemorate the Jefferson Davis Highway and Soldiers of the Confederacy.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.07815, -85.51736

11 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Wehle Tract: 4.2 mi
  • Barbour County State Wildlife Management Area: 5.7 mi
  • Bullock County Courthouse Historic District: 12.5 mi
  • Glenville Historic District: 20.2 mi
  • Briar Creek Park: 24.1 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Kennedy Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Wolfpit Hill: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Civil War Statue: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town of Midway Confederate Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graveyard HillSSE 152°211 m10.8 mi
Kennedy HillSSE 158°210 m10.2 mi
Wolfpit HillSW 235°197 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2218:54
June solstice05:3719:1619:52
September equinox06:3118:0818:40
December solstice06:4016:0516:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056627077807975645448
Precip in5.04.75.54.64.34.95.95.03.83.44.85.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Union Springs 9 S, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5130349117

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