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Funland Park

Funland Park from directly overhead

Funland Park is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Pop Oliver Park, a park 0.9 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 264 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.57601, -86.98226

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 39
Historic sites: 20
Artworks: 18
  • Tortoise: 1.5 mi
  • Rabbit: 1.5 mi
  • Beaver: 1.5 mi
  • Schooling fish: 1.5 mi
  • Dragonfly: 1.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 11
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 2.0 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 2.6 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.0 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 23.5 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 23.5 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 23.5 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 23.5 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 23.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Betts Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Betts Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 15.8 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Funland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainSE 139°357 m14.3 mi
Fairview MountainSE 146°352 m14.6 mi
Cooper MountainSE 131°350 m15.4 mi
Rainbow MountainNE 53°349 m18.1 mi
Negro MountainSSE 147°342 m15.5 mi
Thomas MountainS 182°337 m17.7 mi
Sand MountainSSW 212°310 m15.9 mi
Flat MountainSSW 210°306 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2720:05
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5216:0316:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653626976797973625144
Precip in5.45.55.45.24.94.64.83.93.93.94.46.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard11 obs
  • Whooping Crane10 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Common Watersnake8 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull6 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird6 obs
  • Hooded Merganser5 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary5 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/473256878

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