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The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center

The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center from directly overhead

The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center is a museum in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Little Cumberland Mountain stands 543 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center, a museum 0.2 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
Yes
Step-free access
Limited

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.67395, -86.04135

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Tater Knob: 1.0 mi
  • Poorhouse Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • July Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Chestnut Knob: 4.7 mi
  • Cotton Mountain: 5.2 mi
Parks: 50
  • College Hill Historic District: 0.6 mi
  • King Caldwell Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jackson County Park: 2.8 mi
  • Scottsboro Municipal Park: 3.8 mi
  • McNary Reservation: 4.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
Springs: 10
  • Champion Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Austin Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Graham Springs: 20.7 mi
  • Graham Springs: 20.7 mi
  • Polly Anne Spring: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Southern Scottsboro Depot: 0.3 mi
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park: 12.3 mi
  • Cathedral Caverns: 12.3 mi
  • L&N RR Stevenson Depot: 17.6 mi
  • Honeycomb Natural Bridge: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Artworks: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
  • Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center: 0.2 mi
  • Alabama Fan Club and Museum: 24.2 mi
  • Fort Payne Depot and Museum: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Pisgah Gorge Falls #1: 10.5 mi
  • Waterfall: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Dye Ditch Gang: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Cumberland MountainNNW 346°543 m20.5 mi
Doctor KnobNNW 345°537 m18.8 mi
Putman MountainNW 315°532 m20.6 mi
Miller MountainNNW 336°531 m20.6 mi
Larkin MountainNNW 333°530 m19.8 mi
Round KnobNNW 345°525 m13.0 mi
Summers TopNNE 12°522 m19.6 mi
Little Coon MountainN 7°520 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:56
June solstice05:3219:2420:01
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:4815:5916:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787872615043
Precip in6.15.75.75.04.64.65.24.14.33.64.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsboro, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/952146190

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