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Malone Park

Malone Park from directly overhead

Malone Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 171 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Walden Oaks Park, a park 0.3 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 264 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.60656, -86.99156

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Walden Oaks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Courthouse Park: 0.4 mi
  • Frazier Park: 0.5 mi
  • Casa Grande Park: 0.5 mi
  • Elizabeth "Sister" Johnson Park: 0.5 mi
Attractions: 40
Historic sites: 22
Artworks: 21
  • Beaver: 1.1 mi
  • Dragonfly: 1.1 mi
  • Rabbit: 1.1 mi
  • Schooling fish: 1.1 mi
  • Tortoise: 1.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
Museums: 13
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 0.5 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 0.6 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 13.7 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 13.9 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 23.3 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 23.3 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 23.3 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 23.3 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 23.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Betts Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Betts Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 24.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 14.6 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 15.0 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rocket Rest Area: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Malone Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainSE 143°357 m16.3 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 149°352 m16.7 mi
Cooper MountainSE 135°350 m17.3 mi
Rainbow MountainENE 59°349 m17.3 mi
Negro MountainSSE 150°342 m17.6 mi
Sand MountainSSW 207°310 m17.4 mi
Flat MountainSSW 206°306 m17.9 mi
Buzzard RoostSSW 213°303 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2820:05
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, 4 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron54 obs
  • Pimpleback39 obs
  • Purple Lilliput32 obs
  • Yellow Sandshell29 obs
  • Pink Heelsplitter25 obs
  • Pink Papershell23 obs
  • American Coot18 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull16 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/460409258

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