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U.S. Coast Guard Monument

U.S. Coast Guard Monument from directly overhead

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

Coordinates30.68975, -88.03767

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 25
  • 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
Historic sites: 22
  • 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
Museums: 21
Artworks: 9
  • Portal: 0.0 mi
  • Joe Cain: 0.1 mi
  • Louis Armstrong: 0.2 mi
  • Queen: 0.2 mi
  • Holy Cross: 0.3 mi
Gardens: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 7.2 mi
  • Tensaw Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Bayfront Park: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Peaks: 1
  • Stony Hill: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNE 53°68 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:04
June solstice05:5119:2319:59
September equinox06:4118:1818:50
December solstice06:4616:1916:56

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525662687682848480716155
Precip in5.23.85.14.94.45.86.67.14.53.84.15.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mobile Dwtn AP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7779735310

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