Joseph T. Smitherman Museum
Joseph T. Smitherman Museum is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Perry Mountain stands 208 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverview Historic District, a park 0.3 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
The story
county courthouse and former hospital in Selma, Alabama
Dates from 1847.
Wikidata Q304099, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
- 0.4 mi off the Selma to Montgomery March Byway, National
73 named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Old Town Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Songs of Selma Park: 0.4 mi
- Icehouse Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Selma Voting Rights Monument and Park: 0.5 mi
- Builders of Movements and Monuments: 0.5 mi
- Rev. Hosea Williams Sr.: 0.5 mi
- Selma Voting Rights Monument: 0.5 mi
- John Lewis: 0.6 mi
- Amelia Boynton Robinson & Marie Foster: 0.6 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Hatcher Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Cunningham Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Whites Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Jones Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Parker Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Cravey Hill: 19.7 mi
- Mount Baber: 20.5 mi
- Johnson Hill: 20.6 mi
- Morgan Hill: 21.5 mi
- Edmund Pettus Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Tabernacle Baptist Church Guided Tours: 1.0 mi
- Old Cahawba Archaeological Park: 7.5 mi
- Saint Luke's Episcopal Church: 7.5 mi
- The National Voting Rights Museum & Institute II: 0.5 mi
- Sturdivant Hall: 0.6 mi
- Old Depot Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Perry County Story: 0.6 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial Mural: 0.6 mi
- Bloch Park Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Cahaba: 7.5 mi
- Cahaba River Preserve - Barton's Beach: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joseph T. Smitherman Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Mountain | N 9° | 208 m | 24.8 mi |
| Round Rock | N 7° | 183 m | 25.0 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NE 44° | 174 m | 15.3 mi |
| Wildcat Hill | S 185° | 143 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Baber | SE 145° | 108 m | 20.5 mi |
| Morgan Hill | SSW 193° | 95 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cravey Hill | ESE 102° | 81 m | 19.7 mi |
| Johnson Hill | ESE 113° | 65 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:23 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 16:10 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 80 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Selma, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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