Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center
Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Rock Mountain stands 257 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Vance Park, a park 2.1 miles away. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vance Park: 2.1 mi
- Holiday Beach: 5.2 mi
- Coaling Park: 5.6 mi
- Billy Joe Young Field: 6.1 mi
- Brookwood Town Park: 6.3 mi
- West Blocton: 9.4 mi
- Huey (Bell UH-1 Iroquois): 15.9 mi
- Vought A-7E Corsair: 15.9 mi
- USS Tuscaloosa Mast: 15.9 mi
- USS Tuscaloosa Artillery Gun: 15.9 mi
- Gray Hill: 8.8 mi
- Martha Washington Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Fountain Hill: 10.1 mi
- West Red Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Sand Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Untitled Pathway Test #1: 15.4 mi
- The Splash: 16.5 mi
- Icarus and the Guardian Angels: 16.9 mi
- Pent/La Buidhe Bealltain: 17.1 mi
- Phoenix: 17.1 mi
- Paul W. Bryant Museum: 16.7 mi
- Smith Hall: 17.0 mi
- Alabama Museum of Natural History: 17.0 mi
- Children's Hands-On Museum: 18.3 mi
- Paul R. Jones Museum: 18.3 mi
- Falling Rock: 19.9 mi
- Reed Bluff: 23.3 mi
- Carson Bluff: 23.8 mi
- McGowins Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: 12.9 mi
- Cahaba River Park: 13.7 mi
- UWA Cahaba Biodiversity Center: 14.8 mi
- Bama Belle: 18.6 mi
- The Kentuck Art Center: 19.0 mi
- Cadle: 12.8 mi
- Marrs Spring: 17.3 mi
- Organic Community Garden: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mercedes-Benz Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Mountain | NE 48° | 257 m | 15.1 mi |
| West Rock Mountain | NE 40° | 247 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bee Mountain | ENE 58° | 244 m | 23.4 mi |
| Muscoda Mountain | NE 56° | 244 m | 23.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 356° | 240 m | 12.2 mi |
| Clarke Mountain | NE 37° | 232 m | 23.4 mi |
| West Red Mountain | NE 43° | 231 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sand Mountain | ENE 74° | 226 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:09 | 16:46 |
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 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bankhead L&D, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/1382246869
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