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Civil Rights Memorial Center

Civil Rights Memorial Center from directly overhead

Civil Rights Memorial Center is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Mount Carmel stands 192 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wall of Tolerance, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Selma to Montgomery March Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.37610, -86.30326

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alabama Bicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Alabama State Capitol Grounds: 0.2 mi
  • Lowe Dexter Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lister Hill Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.5 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 10
Peaks: 10
  • Cobbs Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Taskigi Mound: 9.2 mi
  • Cantelous Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Gunter Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Gin Shop Hill: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 7
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Peace and Justice Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Civil Rights Memorial Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarmelS 186°192 m24.7 mi
Bald KnobNNE 31°174 m12.9 mi
Gin Shop HillWNW 298°138 m12.1 mi
Pierces HillSSW 200°125 m24.7 mi
Cantelous HillWSW 255°104 m9.8 mi
Cobbs HillNW 319°95 m7.6 mi
Gunter HillW 260°94 m10.0 mi
Cravey HillW 265°81 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:57
June solstice05:3919:2019:56
September equinox06:3418:1118:43
December solstice06:4316:0716:45

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485359667480838378675750
Precip in4.64.95.24.03.94.15.14.03.72.93.85.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/95131775

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