Danville-Neel Recreation Area
Danville-Neel Recreation Area is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Isabel Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 255 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
How to reach it
- 254.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Isabel Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Owen Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Friendship Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Jesse Owens Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Woodall's Bridge Park: 6.4 mi
- Grady and Margie Long Complex: 8.8 mi
- Sparkman Park: 8.9 mi
- E.A.R.T.H. Park: 9.1 mi
- Fall Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Goat Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Goat Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.3 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 21.8 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 11.0 mi
- Star Theater Historic Monument: 12.2 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 14.0 mi
- Lest We Forget: 14.6 mi
- Falkville: 11.0 mi
- Coca Cola Historic Mural: 12.2 mi
- Tortoise: 14.0 mi
- Beaver: 14.0 mi
- Rabbit: 14.0 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 9.2 mi
- Clarkson Covered Bridge: 15.7 mi
- Old Car: 20.0 mi
- Sportsman Lake: 20.4 mi
- Valley Landing Golf Course (Closed): 22.6 mi
- Cook Museum of Natural Science: 14.3 mi
- Southern Railway Depot: 14.8 mi
- Crooked Creek Civil War Museum: 14.9 mi
- Cullman County Museum: 21.7 mi
- Mallard Creek Beach: 19.8 mi
- Talucah Beach: 23.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 14.0 mi
- Caney Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Hammer Park: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Danville-Neel Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Mountain | E 90° | 357 m | 15.6 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | E 95° | 352 m | 14.4 mi |
| Negro Mountain | E 98° | 342 m | 14.8 mi |
| Thomas Mountain | SE 140° | 337 m | 8.8 mi |
| Penitentiary Mountain | W 275° | 324 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cook Gap Mountain | ESE 108° | 319 m | 16.8 mi |
| Cheatham Knob | W 269° | 313 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sand Mountain | SW 222° | 310 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moulton 2, 13 mi away.
- Common Buckeye2 obs
- North American Wheel Bug2 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
- common morning-glory2 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk2 obs
- Hackberry Emperor2 obs
- Green Treefrog2 obs
- Northern Cardinal1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358992776
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