Gainesville Park
Gainesville Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Armstrong Hill stands 106 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Forrest Memorial, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 175 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 174.7 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
76 named places within 25 miles
- Forrest Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Main-Yankee Street Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Gainesville Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Gainesville Access Area: 1.1 mi
- Damsite East Bank Public Use Area: 1.7 mi
- Whitsetts Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Bluff: 1.4 mi
- Clays Bluff: 5.9 mi
- China Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Jones Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Solomon Hill: 8.0 mi
- Campbell Hill: 10.9 mi
- Hays Mount: 11.5 mi
- Trimble Hill: 11.5 mi
- Hagan Hill: 14.2 mi
- Binnsville: 14.4 mi
- Erie: 22.2 mi
- Greene County Rest Area - I 59 Southbound: 12.9 mi
- Shark Tooth Creek: 14.5 mi
- Civil Rights Marker: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gainesville Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Hill | SSE 156° | 106 m | 22.4 mi |
| Hays Mount | ESE 112° | 88 m | 11.5 mi |
| Burton Hill | ESE 122° | 84 m | 14.5 mi |
| Hagan Hill | SE 130° | 79 m | 14.2 mi |
| Trimble Hill | SE 127° | 77 m | 11.5 mi |
| Bullocks Hill | SE 126° | 77 m | 18.2 mi |
| McAlpin Hill | ESE 123° | 71 m | 19.7 mi |
| Fannin Hill | ESE 123° | 71 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 65 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gainesville 2 NE, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Newt8 obs
- Six-lined Racerunner7 obs
- Giant Floater6 obs
- Big Sand Tiger Beetle5 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard4 obs
- Redear Sunfish4 obs
- White Crappie3 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle3 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.
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