Museum · Alabama
Burritt Museum
Burritt Museum is a museum in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 472 m. Potato Knob stands 510 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Top Mountain, a peak 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 472 m
How to reach it
Coordinates34.71598, -86.53967
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Round Top Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Sand Point: 1.2 mi
- Garth Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Echols Hill: 2.4 mi
- Monte Sano Mountain: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Scenic Overlook: 0.3 mi
- Hermitage Park: 1.2 mi
- Maple Hill Park: 1.8 mi
- Hastings Park: 2.1 mi
- California Street Park: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 43
- Three Caves: 1.2 mi
- Japanese Friendship Bridge: 2.9 mi
- Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 3.1 mi
- Huntsville Depot: 3.2 mi
- Alabama A&M Agribition Center: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 26
- Pine Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Sublett Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Bucklight Point: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Hotel Monte Sano: 1.9 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 2.8 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 2.9 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 14
- Artistic Images: 2.2 mi
- Moon Gate: 2.3 mi
- Travelers: 2.7 mi
- Small Bull sculpture: 2.7 mi
- Eggbeater Jesus: 2.8 mi
Springs: 13
- Alm's Spring: 0.8 mi
- The Spring House: 1.6 mi
- Fagan Spring: 1.7 mi
- Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 2.1 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 2.2 mi
Museums: 12
- Weeden House: 2.6 mi
- Early Works Museum: 2.7 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 2.7 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
- Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Pavilion 12: 3.5 mi
- Pavilion 7: 3.5 mi
- Pavilion 11: 3.5 mi
- Pavilion 9: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 3
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
- Marie's Garden: 4.1 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Waterfall: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 1
- Talucah Beach: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Little Nashville: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Burritt Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Knob | NE 45° | 510 m | 13.1 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | ENE 63° | 508 m | 12.7 mi |
| Monte Sano Mountain | NE 38° | 494 m | 2.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | E 81° | 490 m | 3.5 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | NNE 17° | 483 m | 0.1 mi |
| Logan Point | NE 35° | 481 m | 3.2 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | SSE 157° | 476 m | 3.3 mi |
| Sand Point | SE 141° | 463 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
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