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Aquadome Park

Aquadome Park from directly overhead

Aquadome Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Decatur Recreation Center, a historic site 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 264 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Decatur Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates34.58797, -86.99245

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 37
Historic sites: 18
Cliffs: 17
Artworks: 16
  • Tortoise: 1.1 mi
  • Beaver: 1.1 mi
  • Rabbit: 1.1 mi
  • Dragonfly: 1.1 mi
  • Schooling fish: 1.1 mi
Museums: 9
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 1.3 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 1.8 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 15.2 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 23.7 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 23.7 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 23.7 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 23.8 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 23.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Betts Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Betts Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 23.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Aquadome Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainSE 140°357 m15.3 mi
Fairview MountainSE 146°352 m15.6 mi
Cooper MountainSE 132°350 m16.4 mi
Rainbow MountainNE 56°349 m18.1 mi
Negro MountainSSE 147°342 m16.5 mi
Sand MountainSSW 209°310 m16.3 mi
Flat MountainSSW 207°306 m16.7 mi
Buzzard RoostSW 216°303 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2720:05
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5216:0316:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626976797973625144
Precip in5.45.55.45.24.94.64.83.93.93.94.46.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard11 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Whooping Crane8 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird8 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull7 obs
  • Common Watersnake7 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle7 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/440203746

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