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Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Graveyard Hill stands 211 m to the west, 21 miles off. Barbour County Governor's Trail passes 7.7 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates31.98636, -85.07801

73 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge: 0.3 mi
  • Cowikee Recreation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Rood Creek Landing Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
  • River Bluff Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
  • Grosvenor Park: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 22
  • Johnny Moore Hill: 18.0 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 21.0 mi
  • Kennedy Hill: 22.1 mi
  • Delario Hill: 22.7 mi
  • Stevenson Hill: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 8
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 23.8 mi
Museums: 1
  • The Shorter Mansion: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Barbour County Rest Area: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Bird Blind: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Day Use rea: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graveyard HillW 261°211 m21.0 mi
Kennedy HillW 262°210 m22.1 mi
Johnny Moore HillSSE 166°140 m18.0 mi
Holley HillSW 218°137 m24.1 mi
Acheson HillNNE 29°105 m23.5 mi
Norwat HillNNE 23°104 m23.8 mi
Vanvoris HillNNE 29°103 m23.7 mi
Owens HillNNE 21°102 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4519:2019:52
June solstice06:3620:1420:50
September equinox07:2919:0619:39
December solstice07:3817:0417:41

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495260657380838277685851
Precip in4.84.75.14.43.34.95.44.83.83.14.25.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eufaula Wildlife REF, 2 mi away.

  • American Alligator85 obs
  • Great Egret46 obs
  • Scarlet Sesbane26 obs
  • Anhinga25 obs
  • Black-bellied Whistling-Duck25 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk25 obs
  • Common Gallinule25 obs
  • Little Blue Heron23 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/319969722

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