Laceys Spring Recreation Center
Laceys Spring Recreation Center is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 180 m. Huntsville Mountain stands 476 m to the north-northeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is McCutcheon Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 180 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- McCutcheon Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Round Knob: 1.6 mi
- Middle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Bell Point: 2.1 mi
- Southside Park: 4.4 mi
- McGucken Park: 5.0 mi
- Bell Mountain Park: 5.2 mi
- Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center: 5.3 mi
- Buchanan Park: 5.5 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 3.2 mi
- Helicopter: 10.2 mi
- Helicopter: 10.3 mi
- Main Propulsion Test Article 098: 12.1 mi
- SLS Core Stage Pathfinder: 12.2 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Bell Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Black Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 4.0 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 9.5 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 9.9 mi
- SkyLume: 10.6 mi
- Artistic Images: 12.0 mi
- Moon Gate: 12.2 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 10.1 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Eternal Flame: 12.6 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 12.9 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 10.2 mi
- Burritt Museum: 12.1 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 12.3 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 12.6 mi
- Early Works Museum: 12.7 mi
- Byrd Spring: 8.3 mi
- Brahan Spring: 11.3 mi
- Betts Spring: 11.8 mi
- Big Spring: 12.8 mi
- Alm's Spring: 12.9 mi
- Pavilion 12: 11.1 mi
- Pavilion 9: 11.1 mi
- Pavilion 7: 11.1 mi
- Pavilion 11: 11.1 mi
- Pavilion 10: 11.1 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.1 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 17.8 mi
- Marie's Garden: 8.7 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 14.4 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 14.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.9 mi
- Lacon: 23.3 mi
- Little Nashville: 24.6 mi
- Talucah Beach: 8.5 mi
- Waterfall: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Laceys Spring Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Mountain | NNE 23° | 476 m | 9.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | E 84° | 409 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wade Point | ENE 59° | 401 m | 4.2 mi |
| Russell Point | NE 50° | 397 m | 3.5 mi |
| Lemley Mountain | E 99° | 394 m | 7.1 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | SW 215° | 391 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bell Point | SW 228° | 387 m | 2.1 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | ESE 114° | 386 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Bluebird15 obs
- Northern Cardinal13 obs
- Mourning Dove12 obs
- Green Anole11 obs
- House Finch11 obs
- Northern Mockingbird10 obs
- White-tailed Deer10 obs
- Gulf Fritillary9 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/358979123
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