U.S. Coast Guard Monument
U.S. Coast Guard Monument is a historic site in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Stony Hill stands 68 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Portal, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Alabama's Coastal Connection passes 7.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
- Inscription
- The monument is dedicated to the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard and its predecessor agencies who have served their nation from facilities in Mobile in an unbroken chain since the assignment of the revenue cutter "Alabama" to the port city in 1819.,
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Alabama's Coastal Connection, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cooper Riverside Park: 0.0 mi
- Mardi Gras Park: 0.2 mi
- Bienville Square: 0.3 mi
- Cathedral Square: 0.4 mi
- Malaga Square: 0.5 mi
- Sweet Dreams Haunted Attraction: 1.0 mi
- Grumman HU-16E Albatross: 1.3 mi
- Bell UH-1: 1.3 mi
- McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II: 1.3 mi
- Piasecki H-21: 1.3 mi
- Fort Conde: 0.2 mi
- Battle of Mobile Bay: 0.3 mi
- Coast Guard: 1.3 mi
- Air Force: 1.3 mi
- Korean War: 1.3 mi
- National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico: 0.1 mi
- Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center: 0.1 mi
- Condé-Charlotte Museum House: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Fire Museum: 0.4 mi
- Mobile Carnival Museum: 0.5 mi
- Red Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Twentyone Mile Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Twenty Four Mile Bluff: 18.2 mi
- Twentyseven Mile Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Thirty One Mile Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Portal: 0.0 mi
- Joe Cain: 0.1 mi
- Louis Armstrong: 0.2 mi
- Queen: 0.2 mi
- Holy Cross: 0.3 mi
- Cornerstone Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Central Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Canterbury Place Garden: 11.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.9 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Pavillion: 7.2 mi
- Tensaw Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Bayfront Park: 23.5 mi
- Blakeley: 7.7 mi
- Beaver Mills: 22.6 mi
- Stony Hill: 12.0 mi
- Weeks Bay Pitcher Plant Bog: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of U.S. Coast Guard Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NE 53° | 68 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:23 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:18 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:19 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 84 | 84 | 80 | 71 | 61 | 55 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile Dwtn AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7779735310
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