Noccalula Falls Park
Noccalula Falls Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Weisner Mountain stands 575 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Battle Tank, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway runs past it. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Lookout Mountain Parkway
- 18.0 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Gadsden Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
- Ola Lee Mize Patriots Park: 0.2 mi
- Gadsden Kiwanis Park: 0.2 mi
- Sequoyah Park: 1.3 mi
- Joseph T. Robinson Park: 2.0 mi
- Ewing Hill: 2.1 mi
- Avery Hill: 4.1 mi
- Moragne Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Walker Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Dunaway Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Main Battle Tank: 0.2 mi
- Iroquois (Huey) Helicopter: 0.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Noccalula Statue: 0.4 mi
- Spirit of American Citizenship: 2.7 mi
- Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center: 16.8 mi
- Albertville Museum: 19.0 mi
- Ashville Museum & Archives: 19.1 mi
- John W. Inzer Museum: 19.2 mi
- SMPA Artist House: 19.8 mi
- Fat Man's Squeeze: 0.3 mi
- Janney Furnace: 16.8 mi
- Horse Pens 40: 17.9 mi
- Mountain Air Trampoline Park: 18.2 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 0.4 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 0.4 mi
- The Brow: 0.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Southbound): 18.1 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Northbound): 20.6 mi
- Turkey Town: 20.3 mi
- Minden: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Noccalula Falls Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weisner Mountain | E 92° | 575 m | 20.2 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | ESE 120° | 543 m | 23.2 mi |
| Chimney Peak | SE 129° | 523 m | 21.8 mi |
| Chandler Mountain | WSW 242° | 452 m | 17.8 mi |
| Aurora Mountain | NW 310° | 425 m | 11.7 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WSW 257° | 406 m | 15.4 mi |
| Raccoon Mountain | W 262° | 383 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mitchell Hill | NE 38° | 372 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:01 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gadsden, 3 mi away.
- Elf Orpine50 obs
- Boynton oak35 obs
- leatherleaf mahonia30 obs
- Canada Goose25 obs
- Flatrock Pimpernel25 obs
- Appalachian sandwort25 obs
- Heavenly bamboo21 obs
- oakleaf hydrangea20 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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