Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge
Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 228 m. Bice Mountain stands 536 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lacy Reservation, a park 1.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lacy Reservation: 1.4 mi
- Stevens Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Elliott Reservation: 3.7 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 8.7 mi
- Grant Park: 11.0 mi
- Splitrock Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Nat Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Keel Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Gurley Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Evans Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Cathedral Caverns: 8.8 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 8.8 mi
- Three Caves: 14.1 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 14.6 mi
- Alabama A&M Agribition Center: 14.7 mi
- Trenton Point: 6.6 mi
- Bucklight Point: 6.8 mi
- Sublett Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Whittaker Narrows: 8.1 mi
- Big Rock: 10.7 mi
- Meridian Arts Gallery: 4.7 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 9.4 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 10.0 mi
- Artistic Images: 15.3 mi
- Moon Gate: 15.4 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Burritt Museum: 13.1 mi
- North Alabama Railroad Museum: 15.1 mi
- The Scottsboro Boy's Museum & Cultural Center: 15.5 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 15.5 mi
- Hotel Monte Sano: 13.3 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 15.2 mi
- Eternal Flame: 15.9 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 16.0 mi
- Fearn Spring: 11.6 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 11.6 mi
- Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 12.5 mi
- Alm's Spring: 13.3 mi
- Fagan Spring: 13.8 mi
- Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Picnic site;Shelter;Toilets: 15.8 mi
- Pavilion 12: 16.3 mi
- Pavilion 7: 16.3 mi
- Pavilion 9: 16.4 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 11.3 mi
- Neversink Pit: 19.3 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 24.7 mi
- Marie's Garden: 11.7 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 12.3 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 22.5 mi
- Little Nashville: 7.0 mi
- Bellefonte: 21.1 mi
- Waterfall: 8.8 mi
- Talucah Beach: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bice Mountain | N 352° | 536 m | 12.8 mi |
| Bingham Mountain | N 9° | 519 m | 8.5 mi |
| Brooks Mountain | NNE 17° | 512 m | 11.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | NNW 344° | 510 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | N 350° | 508 m | 8.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | NE 45° | 507 m | 13.2 mi |
| Monte Sano Mountain | WNW 293° | 494 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | WNW 289° | 490 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:00 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 11 mi away.
- Pimpleback23 obs
- Three-ridge Mussel22 obs
- Purple Wartyback18 obs
- Pink Heelsplitter16 obs
- Wavyrayed Lampmussel14 obs
- trifoliate orange14 obs
- Flutedshell13 obs
- honey locust12 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.
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