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Alabama Music Hall of Fame

Alabama Music Hall of Fame, a museum in Alabama
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Alabama Music Hall of Fame is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Horsemill Mountain stands 308 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 15 miles off. 155 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

The story

The Alabama Music Hall of Fame, first conceived by the Muscle Shoals Music Association in the early 1980s, was created by the Alabama Music Hall of Fame Board, which then oversaw construction of a 12,500 sq ft (1,160 m2) facility after a statewide referendum in 1987. It is located in the town of Tuscumbia, Alabama.

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Wikidata Q4705290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.71279, -87.70699

155 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Spring Park: 1.1 mi
  • Buffington Field: 1.2 mi
  • Tuscumbia Historic District: 1.3 mi
  • Rivermont Park: 1.9 mi
  • Rivermont Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Bald Knob: 2.0 mi
  • Colbert Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Richardson Point: 3.6 mi
  • Fox Squirrel Point: 3.9 mi
  • Sandfall Mountain: 4.4 mi
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 8
Artworks: 8
  • Steam Engine Mural: 5.2 mi
  • W. C. Handy: 6.5 mi
  • Dr George Huckaba Sundial: 6.7 mi
  • Dr. George William Huckaba Sundial: 6.7 mi
  • George H. Carroll: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 4
Attractions: 2
  • George H. Carroll Lion Habitat: 6.7 mi
  • Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed): 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Wilson Dam Lookout: 7.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horsemill MountainSSE 168°308 m17.8 mi
Suggs MountainS 176°297 m17.8 mi
Summer House MountainW 273°287 m11.6 mi
Macedonia MountainSSE 150°281 m18.7 mi
Sand MountainW 278°268 m14.4 mi
Timber Knob MountainWSW 242°263 m9.9 mi
LaGrange MountainESE 120°262 m8.6 mi
Wildcat MountainW 274°262 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:03
June solstice05:3919:3120:08
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5516:0616:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404452606977807973625043
Precip in5.35.35.45.44.75.24.83.94.03.94.16.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Muscle Shoals WTP, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/442446504

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