Bessemer Hall of History
Bessemer Hall of History is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Signal Mountain stands 460 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Roosevelt Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 19 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Bessemer Hall of History is a museum located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of Bessemer, Alabama. The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad (later Southern Railway) depot in downtown Bessemer. The depot, built by the AGS in 1916, served passengers until the Amtrak era began in the early 1970s. The building sat unused for several years, but was reopened by the city of Bessemer in 1985, and officially rededicated during the city's centennial observance in 1987. The museum houses a wide array of artifacts from the city's history as a mining, steelmaking, and industrial center. The building also houses artifacts relating to the brief imprisonment of Martin Luther King Jr. in the city. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as Southern Railway Terminal Station.
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Dates from 1969.
Wikidata Q4896424, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Roosevelt Park: 0.6 mi
- Snitz Snider Memorial Stadium: 0.9 mi
- Legacy Park: 1.2 mi
- Muscoda Park: 1.6 mi
- Lipscomb City Park: 1.9 mi
- Muscoda Mountain: 2.8 mi
- West Red Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Bee Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Little Shades Mountain: 3.4 mi
- West Rock Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Donor Memorial: 11.0 mi
- The Storyteller: 11.2 mi
- Decil’s Fountain: 11.2 mi
- Heaviest Corner on Earth: 11.4 mi
- Steelworker: 11.6 mi
- Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens: 9.4 mi
- Vulcan Museum: 10.9 mi
- McWane Science Center: 11.3 mi
- Museum of Fond Memories at Reed Books: 11.5 mi
- Birmingham Museum of Art: 11.6 mi
- Bush Hills Community Garden and Urban Farm: 9.3 mi
- BSC EcoScape: 9.3 mi
- Hazel P. Boren Courtyard and Garden: 10.1 mi
- UAB Upperclassmen Green: 10.7 mi
- Blazer Gardens: 10.9 mi
- MESH Collective Art: 6.0 mi
- African Village in America: 8.0 mi
- Blaze: 10.6 mi
- Vulcan: 10.9 mi
- Complex Vision Mozaic: 11.1 mi
- Vulcan: 10.9 mi
- Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark: 12.3 mi
- Camp Tranquility Main Entrance: 13.7 mi
- Maggie's Glen: 14.2 mi
- King's Chair Overlook: 15.3 mi
- Moss Rock Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Cahaba River Park: 15.3 mi
- Bolton-Orr Ecological Preserve at Ebenezer Wetlands: 17.9 mi
- Ruffner Mountain: 18.4 mi
- Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: 22.9 mi
- Cannon Pavillion: 20.3 mi
- Tilton Arbor: 20.4 mi
- Front Porch: 20.4 mi
- Judson Day Gazeebo: 20.4 mi
- Lifeguard Gazeebo: 20.5 mi
- Falling Rock: 15.9 mi
- Laurel Point: 21.6 mi
- Peavine Falls: 13.0 mi
- Bike Repair: 16.4 mi
- Spoonwood Lake Beach: 18.8 mi
- Cadle: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bessemer Hall of History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | E 91° | 460 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sand Mountain | E 86° | 447 m | 23.3 mi |
| Penitentiary Mountain | E 85° | 375 m | 23.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 50° | 348 m | 21.3 mi |
| Shades Mountain | ENE 68° | 346 m | 10.8 mi |
| Little Sand Mountain | NE 51° | 300 m | 23.5 mi |
| Talladega Hill | NE 54° | 269 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Shades Mountain | E 91° | 258 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:25 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bessemer 3 WSW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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