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Cathedral Caverns State Park

Cathedral Caverns State Park from directly overhead

Cathedral Caverns State Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 200 m. Bingham Mountain stands 519 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Caverns, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.57273, -86.22793

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pisgah Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Gunters Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Rich Top: 3.0 mi
  • Evans Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Soda Top: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Grant Park: 3.1 mi
  • Elliott Reservation: 5.9 mi
  • Burns Reservation: 6.3 mi
  • Stevens Reservation: 6.4 mi
  • North Sauty Wildlife Refuge: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 28
Museums: 15
Artworks: 13
Attractions: 12
  • Cathedral Caverns: 0.4 mi
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Honeycomb Natural Bridge: 9.7 mi
  • Mabrey's Rock of Ages: 12.9 mi
  • Southern Scottsboro Depot: 13.0 mi
Springs: 10
  • Little Chalybeate Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Fearn Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Alm's Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 21.1 mi
Historic sites: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 23.0 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 23.0 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 23.0 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 23.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Waterfall: 16.5 mi
  • Pisgah Gorge Falls #1: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Cathedral Caverns State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bingham MountainNNW 347°519 m15.9 mi
Nat MountainN 352°489 m8.6 mi
McCoy MountainN 10°460 m6.1 mi
Splitrock MountainNW 323°457 m6.1 mi
Drake MountainWNW 300°440 m16.0 mi
Tater KnobNE 52°421 m13.0 mi
Gunters MountainE 99°420 m2.9 mi
July MountainNE 56°411 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2418:57
June solstice05:3319:2420:02
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:4916:0016:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787872615043
Precip in6.15.75.75.04.64.65.24.14.33.64.86.2

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

  • leafcup13 obs
  • Northern Slimy Salamander11 obs
  • Green Anole9 obs
  • twinleaf9 obs
  • Red-spotted Admiral8 obs
  • woodland stonecrop8 obs
  • American cancer-root6 obs
  • oakleaf hydrangea6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/488269847

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