Greyhound Bus Station;Freedom Rides Museum
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Greyhound Bus Station;Freedom Rides Museum is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Mount Carmel stands 192 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Violata Pax Dove, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Selma to Montgomery March Byway runs past it. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Freedom Rides Museum is located at 210 South Court Street in Montgomery, Alabama, in the building which was until 1995 the Montgomery Greyhound Bus Station. It was the site of a violent attack on participants in the 1961 Freedom Ride during the Civil Rights Movement. The May 1961 assaults, carried out by a mob of white protesters who confronted the civil rights activists, "shocked the nation and led the Kennedy Administration to side with civil rights protesters for the first time." The property is no longer used as a bus station, but the building was saved from demolition and its façade has been restored. The site was leased by the Alabama Historical Commission and a historical marker was located in front of the building. In 2011, a museum was opened inside the building, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum won a national preservation award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2012.
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Wikidata Q5608420, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Selma to Montgomery March Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Lowe Dexter Pocket Park: 0.2 mi
- Lister Hill Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Legacy Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Alabama Bicentennial Park: 0.5 mi
- Alabama State Capitol Grounds: 0.6 mi
- Rosa Parks Library and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Hank Williams Museum: 0.3 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial Center: 0.4 mi
- The Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration: 0.4 mi
- The Legacy Museum: 0.5 mi
- Rosa Parks Bus Stop: 0.2 mi
- National Memorial for Peace and Justice: 0.3 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Hank Williams Statue: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Bell Replica: 0.5 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 7.5 mi
- Taskigi Mound: 9.4 mi
- Cantelous Hill: 9.4 mi
- Gunter Hill: 9.6 mi
- Gin Shop Hill: 11.8 mi
- Violata Pax Dove: 0.2 mi
- Wall of Tolerance: 0.4 mi
- Steadfast Stride Toward Justice: 0.5 mi
- Rosa Parks: 0.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: 0.5 mi
- Escapology Montgomery: 0.4 mi
- Avenue of Flags: 0.5 mi
- Harriott II Riverboat: 0.6 mi
- Town of Spectre: 5.3 mi
- The Alleyway: 12.9 mi
- Blue Bluff: 22.3 mi
- House Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Peace and Justice Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greyhound Bus Station;Freedom Rides Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel | S 185° | 192 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNE 32° | 174 m | 13.2 mi |
| Gin Shop Hill | WNW 299° | 138 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pierces Hill | SSW 200° | 125 m | 24.5 mi |
| Cantelous Hill | WSW 255° | 104 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cobbs Hill | NW 321° | 95 m | 7.5 mi |
| Gunter Hill | W 260° | 94 m | 9.6 mi |
| Cravey Hill | W 265° | 81 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 80 | 83 | 83 | 78 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montgomery AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/128573048
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