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Fifth Avenue Park

Fifth Avenue Park from directly overhead

Fifth Avenue Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. Wade Mountain stands 455 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Helicopter, a historic site 0.7 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 271 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Athens Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.81374, -86.97842
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 59
Attractions: 40
  • L&N Red Caboose: 7.9 mi
  • Staturn 1B Rocket: 10.9 mi
  • BE-4 Engine: 17.0 mi
  • Bridge Street Carousel: 18.6 mi
  • Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart': 19.5 mi
Historic sites: 23
Artworks: 19
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 15
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 0.7 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 0.7 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 13.8 mi
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 14.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Betts Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Betts Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Smithers Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pavilion 1: 22.7 mi
  • Pavilion 10: 22.8 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 22.8 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 22.8 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 17.1 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
  • Blowing Springs Cave Nature Preserve: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rocket Rest Area: 10.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fifth Avenue Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wade MountainE 89°455 m20.5 mi
Capshaw MountainE 88°381 m13.5 mi
Madkin MountainESE 118°376 m21.5 mi
Weeden MountainESE 116°371 m20.7 mi
Chapman MountainE 98°370 m24.8 mi
Drake MountainE 93°367 m19.3 mi
Burwell MountainE 85°354 m16.6 mi
Rainbow MountainESE 111°349 m15.1 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Blackfin Darter45 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/109576813

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