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Blountsville Recreational Park

Blountsville Recreational Park from directly overhead

Blountsville Recreational Park is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 212 m. Chandler Mountain stands 452 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ebenezer Hearn, a historic site 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
212 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.08841, -86.59254

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blountsville Historical Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mardis Mills Falls Park: 3.2 mi
  • King’s Bend Scenic Overlook Park: 4.6 mi
  • Royal Community Park: 5.3 mi
  • Taylor Riverside Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 27
  • Ebenezer Hearn: 0.6 mi
  • Federal Raid: 1.2 mi
  • Blountsville: 4.4 mi
  • Walter Cotton Gin: 5.2 mi
  • Exploit of Murphree Sisters: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 11.0 mi
  • OBA Artwalk: 11.9 mi
  • Ave Maria Grotto: 14.1 mi
  • Sportsman Lake: 17.0 mi
  • Horse Pens 40: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Saint Joseph: 5.9 mi
  • Saint Francis of Assisi: 5.9 mi
  • Pietà: 5.9 mi
  • Welcome To Oneonta: 11.9 mi
  • Angel Wings: 12.0 mi
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mardis Mills Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cornelius Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Powell Falls: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Laylas’s Garden: 10.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Blountsville Recreational Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chandler MountainSE 125°452 m20.4 mi
Wornock MountainSW 224°436 m8.8 mi
Saint Clair MountainSSE 165°414 m19.8 mi
Village MountainS 184°409 m22.9 mi
Buzzard RockESE 112°406 m18.8 mi
McPherson MountainSW 217°404 m7.8 mi
Raccoon MountainESE 113°383 m15.6 mi
Hog MountainSW 218°376 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:58
June solstice05:3619:2520:02
September equinox06:3518:1218:45
December solstice06:4916:0316:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451596774787772604943
Precip in5.85.85.85.64.94.74.73.93.93.64.65.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanceville, 12 mi away.

  • Eastern Bluebird8 obs
  • Eastern Phoebe8 obs
  • Song Sparrow6 obs
  • Indigo Bunting6 obs
  • Variegated Fritillary6 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow5 obs
  • Cloudless Sulphur5 obs
  • Common Whitetail5 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/1314282822

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