Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert Ferry Park
Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert Ferry Park is a park in Alabama, at a recorded elevation of 131 m. Summer House Mountain stands 287 m to the south-southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Creek Hill, a peak 3.5 miles away. Natchez Trace Parkway passes 0.3 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 131 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Natchez Trace Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Colbert Ferry · 1 mi
- Trail of Tears Water Route Overlook on the Natchez Trace, Milepost 328.7 · 1 mi
- Freedom Hills Overlook · 10 mi
- Waterfall · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brush Creek Park: 5.0 mi
- Rosetrail Park: 8.1 mi
- Colbert County Park: 8.2 mi
- Second Creek Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Waterloo City Park: 8.5 mi
- Bluff Creek Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pettipoole Hill: 5.1 mi
- Bell Quarter Hill: 6.5 mi
- Sand Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Sacred Way Sanctuary Interpretive Center and Museum: 10.0 mi
- W.C. Handy Home and Museum: 15.0 mi
- Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area: 15.3 mi
- Tennessee Valley Museum of Art: 15.3 mi
- Pope's Tavern Museum: 15.4 mi
- Romeo and Juliet: 15.2 mi
- Pack of Lions: 15.3 mi
- Joe Keenum Sundial: 15.3 mi
- George H. Carroll: 15.3 mi
- Dr George Huckaba Sundial: 15.3 mi
- Cherokee Military Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Old Cypress Mill: 13.6 mi
- The Frank Lloyd Wright Rosenbaum House: 15.3 mi
- Old Railroad Bridge: 16.2 mi
- Old Railroad Bed: 16.3 mi
- Roses Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Pride Bluff: 9.7 mi
- York Bluffs: 15.6 mi
- Cook Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Pyburn Bluff: 23.0 mi
- Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 10.6 mi
- Thomas State Wildlife Refuge: 13.9 mi
- Cane Creek Canyon Nature Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Shoal Creek Nature Preserve Tract: 19.5 mi
- George H. Carroll Lion Habitat: 15.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 17.0 mi
- Wilson Dam Lookout: 18.6 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 21.1 mi
- Holcut: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Natchez Trace Parkway Colbert Ferry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer House Mountain | SSE 167° | 287 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sand Mountain | S 186° | 268 m | 6.8 mi |
| Timber Knob Mountain | SSE 160° | 263 m | 14.3 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | SSW 193° | 262 m | 8.0 mi |
| LaGrange Mountain | ESE 122° | 262 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wagnon Mountain | SSE 156° | 261 m | 15.8 mi |
| Colbert Mountain | SE 131° | 261 m | 18.7 mi |
| Bickley Point | SE 124° | 255 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 6.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Iuka, 15 mi away.
- Eastern Wood-Pewee18 obs
- Pimpleback17 obs
- Tufted Titmouse12 obs
- White-tailed Deer12 obs
- Pink Heelsplitter11 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler11 obs
- Yellow Sandshell11 obs
- Mapleleaf10 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/358968864
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