Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center
Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 406 m. Monte Sano Mountain stands 494 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is McGucken Park, a park 1.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 406 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- McGucken Park: 1.5 mi
- Southside Park: 1.5 mi
- Camelot Recreation Association: 2.3 mi
- Willow Park: 3.1 mi
- Buchanan Park: 3.7 mi
- Wade Point: 1.7 mi
- Russell Point: 1.8 mi
- Mathis Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.7 mi
- Weatherly Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 2.4 mi
- Three Caves: 9.1 mi
- Japanese Friendship Bridge: 9.7 mi
- Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 10.1 mi
- Huntsville Depot: 10.2 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Pine Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Black Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Bell Bluff: 7.2 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 7.2 mi
- Eternal Flame: 9.6 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 9.9 mi
- Hotel Monte Sano: 9.9 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 4.4 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 4.7 mi
- SkyLume: 7.8 mi
- Artistic Images: 8.8 mi
- Moon Gate: 9.0 mi
- Byrd Spring: 5.7 mi
- Brahan Spring: 8.7 mi
- Alm's Spring: 8.9 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 9.2 mi
- Fearn Spring: 9.2 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 7.4 mi
- Burritt Museum: 8.1 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 9.6 mi
- Early Works Museum: 9.6 mi
- Weeden House: 9.7 mi
- Pavilion 12: 8.5 mi
- Pavilion 7: 8.6 mi
- Pavilion 9: 8.6 mi
- Pavilion 11: 8.6 mi
- Pavilion 10: 8.6 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 12.8 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 16.4 mi
- Marie's Garden: 4.1 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 10.0 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 14.0 mi
- Waterfall: 8.6 mi
- Talucah Beach: 11.9 mi
- Little Nashville: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monte Sano Mountain | N 2° | 494 m | 10.0 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NNE 15° | 490 m | 8.9 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | N 352° | 483 m | 8.2 mi |
| Logan Point | N 3° | 481 m | 10.6 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | N 1° | 476 m | 4.9 mi |
| Sand Point | N 357° | 463 m | 7.1 mi |
| Drake Mountain | NNE 23° | 440 m | 6.6 mi |
| Ginn Point | NNE 19° | 434 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:01 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Christmas fern29 obs
- Canada Goose27 obs
- Pond Slider26 obs
- American sweetgum26 obs
- fire pink24 obs
- White-tailed Deer21 obs
- sassafras21 obs
- American Robin18 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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