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Alexander Park

Alexander Park from directly overhead

Alexander Park is a park in Georgia, at a recorded elevation of 255 m. Kennesaw Mountain stands 543 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden Hills Park, a park 0.2 miles away. South Fulton Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
255 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.82688, -84.37706
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Garden Hills Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sunny Brook Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lindbergh Park: 0.4 mi
  • West Bolling Road Park: 0.4 mi
  • Parkside Drive Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Quarry Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Armand Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Glade Garden: 2.4 mi
  • The Gardens in Storza Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Trustees Garden: 2.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions: 39
  • Trail Sign - Peachtree Creek Wildlife Olympics Trail: 1.1 mi
  • Trail Sign - White-tailed Deer: 1.1 mi
  • Trail Sign - Lizard: 1.2 mi
  • Trail Sign - Pillbug: 1.2 mi
  • Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Druid Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Blackjack Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Stone Mountain: 13.4 mi
  • Cheatham Hill: 14.7 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Beaches: 2
  • Aarlington Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Swan Lake Estates Beach: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Trentham Spring: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennesaw MountainNW 312°543 m15.5 mi
Stone MountainE 96°514 m13.4 mi
Sweat MountainNNW 345°500 m17.2 mi
Little Kennesaw MountainNW 310°488 m15.6 mi
Lost MountainWNW 295°462 m20.2 mi
Blackjack MountainNNW 328°418 m12.7 mi
Pine MountainNW 306°396 m19.0 mi
Pigeon HillNW 308°378 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1719:49
June solstice06:2820:1520:52
September equinox07:2619:0319:36
December solstice07:3916:5517:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807973625245
Precip in4.64.54.73.93.84.74.74.54.13.44.24.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlanta Dekalb Peachtree AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer81 obs
  • Green Anole49 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel47 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk43 obs
  • Giant leaf-footed bug42 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia42 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake41 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail41 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1201443644

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