SMPA Artist House
SMPA Artist House is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. Aurora Mountain stands 425 m to the south-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Multipurpose Fields, a park 0.1 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- SMPA
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 26.8 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Multipurpose Fields: 0.1 mi
- RV Park: 0.2 mi
- Sand Mountain Parks and Amphitheater: 0.2 mi
- American Fields Youth Baseball Fields: 0.3 mi
- National Fields Adult Baseball Fields: 0.4 mi
- Sockfoot: 3.5 mi
- Wyeth Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Moores Hill: 6.3 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.4 mi
- Ellenburg Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Short Creek Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Street Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Thrasher Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Long Point: 11.4 mi
- Honey Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Bailey School: 18.7 mi
- Noccalula Statue: 19.9 mi
- Main Battle Tank: 20.0 mi
- Iroquois (Huey) Helicopter: 20.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Mountain Air Trampoline Park: 2.2 mi
- Mabrey's Rock of Ages: 7.8 mi
- Honeycomb Natural Bridge: 14.1 mi
- Fat Man's Squeeze: 19.9 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 20.8 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 19.8 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 19.8 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 23.4 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 24.3 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Albertville Museum: 1.1 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of SMPA Artist House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora Mountain | SSE 164° | 425 m | 9.1 mi |
| Gunters Mountain | N 8° | 420 m | 20.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | S 190° | 406 m | 20.1 mi |
| McKinney Mountain | NW 322° | 385 m | 21.1 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | SSW 199° | 383 m | 20.1 mi |
| Soda Top | NNW 348° | 379 m | 18.5 mi |
| Center Point | NNE 22° | 377 m | 14.0 mi |
| Negro Mountain | N 5° | 377 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Guntersville No.2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11709153571
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