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Kelly Ingram Park

Kelly Ingram Park from directly overhead

Kelly Ingram Park is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is 4th Avenue History Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
183 m

What to expect

Operated by
Birmingham Park and Recreation Board

How to reach it

Coordinates33.51616, -86.81335

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 4th Avenue History Park: 0.1 mi
  • Eddie Kendrick Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Linn Park: 0.4 mi
  • Henley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Railroad Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Shades Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Irish Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Cat Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Little Valley Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Lassiter Mountain: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Steelworker: 0.4 mi
  • Heaviest Corner on Earth: 0.4 mi
  • Donor Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • The Storyteller: 1.5 mi
  • Decil’s Fountain: 1.5 mi
Museums: 12
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Magic City Sign: 0.6 mi
  • Complex Vision Mozaic: 1.1 mi
  • Blaze: 1.1 mi
  • Five Points South: 1.5 mi
  • Vulcan: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cannon Pavillion: 16.1 mi
  • Tilton Arbor: 16.1 mi
  • Front Porch: 16.1 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 16.2 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike Repair: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spoonwood Lake Beach: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Kelly Ingram Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald Rock MountainENE 75°475 m23.4 mi
Signal MountainESE 121°460 m15.7 mi
Sand MountainESE 113°447 m16.7 mi
Butler MountainNE 39°430 m18.1 mi
Foster MountainNE 40°421 m17.6 mi
Cahaba MountainNE 46°419 m22.9 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 40°413 m16.8 mi
Praytor MountainNE 41°411 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3819:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:4816:0616:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278828176655447
Precip in5.04.95.75.14.94.85.44.44.03.34.24.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, 5 mi away.

  • House Sparrow43 obs
  • Rock Pigeon39 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird37 obs
  • Mourning Dove34 obs
  • American Robin34 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • Green Anole31 obs
  • Giant leaf-footed bug30 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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OpenStreetMap element way/264959614

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