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Old Brilliant Train Depot

Old Brilliant Train Depot from directly overhead

Old Brilliant Train Depot is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Balls Mountain stands 300 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Ivan Gainey Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 211 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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City Of Brilliant
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.02812, -87.75405
Around it

53 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 22
  • Ivan Gainey Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Winfield Park: 6.9 mi
  • Winfield Veterans Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
  • Natural Bridge Park: 9.1 mi
  • Guin Hayden Riley Park: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 18
  • Bald Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Millstone Mountain: 14.3 mi
  • Sleepy Mountain: 14.5 mi
  • Seamore Mountain: 15.0 mi
  • Ikes Knob: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Winston County Confederate Monument: 9.9 mi
  • Jackson's Military Road: 14.3 mi
  • Toll Gate Historic Marker: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mill Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Factory Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Caney Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Natural Bridge Park: 9.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Brilliant Train Depot. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Balls MountainNE 43°300 m22.6 mi
Millstone MountainENE 78°281 m14.3 mi
Ikes KnobN 10°278 m16.2 mi
Lockhart HillSE 139°250 m23.5 mi
Cooner MountainSE 138°246 m19.9 mi
Ford MountainS 179°243 m17.2 mi
Seamore MountainESE 122°239 m15.0 mi
Tittle MountainSE 142°231 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:4119:2920:06
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5316:0816:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414552606876797973625144
Precip in6.16.35.76.25.45.35.34.43.84.24.96.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winfield 2 SW, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/682825532

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