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Big Spring Park

Big Spring Park from directly overhead

Big Spring Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Wade Mountain stands 455 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gulf Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 271 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Athens Parks & Recreation Dept.
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.80321, -86.96663
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Baker Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Capshaw Mountain: 12.9 mi
  • Little Burwell Mountain: 13.9 mi
  • Rainbow Mountain: 14.3 mi
  • Quarter Mountain: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 42
  • L&N Red Caboose: 8.7 mi
  • Staturn 1B Rocket: 11.3 mi
  • BE-4 Engine: 16.1 mi
  • Bridge Street Carousel: 17.7 mi
  • Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart': 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 24
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 15
  • Gulf Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 0.3 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 0.3 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 13.2 mi
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 13.7 mi
Springs: 10
  • Betts Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Betts Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Smithers Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pavilion 1: 21.8 mi
  • Pavilion 10: 21.9 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 21.9 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 21.9 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 21.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
  • Blowing Springs Cave Nature Preserve: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rocket Rest Area: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Big Spring Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wade MountainE 87°455 m19.9 mi
Capshaw MountainE 85°381 m12.9 mi
Madkin MountainESE 117°376 m20.6 mi
Weeden MountainESE 115°371 m19.8 mi
Chapman MountainE 96°370 m24.1 mi
Drake MountainE 91°367 m18.6 mi
Burwell MountainE 82°354 m16.1 mi
Rainbow MountainESE 109°349 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2820:05
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5216:0216:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424654627078818075645245
Precip in5.55.45.65.44.94.84.93.93.84.04.66.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Blackfin Darter46 obs
  • Striped Shiner43 obs
  • Largescale Stoneroller42 obs
  • Blackside Snubnose Darter39 obs
  • Bluntnose Minnow23 obs
  • Rainbow Darter23 obs
  • Redbreast Sunfish18 obs
  • Blackspotted Topminnow17 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/109463243

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