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Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Little Shades Mountain stands 258 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cadle, a ghost town 1.5 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates33.08456, -87.06634
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Blocton Ball Park: 3.0 mi
  • West Blocton Coke Ovens Park: 3.3 mi
  • Tiger Stadium: 4.1 mi
  • Cahaba Wildlife Management Area: 5.6 mi
  • Walter Owens Park: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 25
  • Fountain Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Gray Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Big Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Little Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Soap Hill: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • West Blocton: 3.5 mi
  • Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 6.4 mi
  • Site Of Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 6.5 mi
  • Stewards of the Centennial Capsule: 11.8 mi
  • National Veteran's Shrine: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • UWA Cahaba Biodiversity Center: 6.3 mi
  • Cahaba River Park: 7.6 mi
  • Bolton-Orr Ecological Preserve at Ebenezer Wetlands: 15.9 mi
  • Moss Rock Preserve: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Organic Community Garden: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Shades MountainNNE 25°258 m24.0 mi
Rock MountainN 2°257 m17.3 mi
West Rock MountainN 7°247 m23.6 mi
Bee MountainNNE 25°244 m21.7 mi
Muscoda MountainNNE 24°244 m22.5 mi
Round MountainNNW 329°240 m22.6 mi
Johnson MountainNE 48°240 m22.8 mi
West Red MountainN 10°231 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2819:00
June solstice05:4119:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4816:0816:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465057647279818176655548
Precip in5.45.85.45.14.24.64.94.73.63.04.65.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alabaster Shelby CO AP Asos, 18 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cahaba lily198 obs
  • American water-willow77 obs
  • oakleaf hydrangea60 obs
  • littleleaf sensitive-briar43 obs
  • Eastern Lubber Grasshopper41 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail38 obs
  • redring milkweed38 obs
  • Gulf Longear Sunfish38 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/288964473

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