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Railroad Park

Railroad Park from directly overhead

Railroad Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Bald Rock Mountain stands 475 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Magic City Sign, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.50959, -86.80909

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Shades Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Irish Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Cat Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Little Valley Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Lassiter Mountain: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Heaviest Corner on Earth: 0.4 mi
  • Donor Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Steelworker: 0.8 mi
  • The Storyteller: 1.0 mi
  • Decil’s Fountain: 1.0 mi
Museums: 12
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 8
  • Magic City Sign: 0.3 mi
  • Complex Vision Mozaic: 0.6 mi
  • Blaze: 0.6 mi
  • Five Points South: 1.0 mi
  • Vulcan: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Cannon Pavillion: 15.6 mi
  • Tilton Arbor: 15.6 mi
  • Front Porch: 15.6 mi
  • Judson Day Gazeebo: 15.7 mi
  • Lifeguard Gazeebo: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Bike Repair: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Spoonwood Lake Beach: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Railroad Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald Rock MountainENE 74°475 m23.2 mi
Signal MountainESE 121°460 m15.3 mi
Sand MountainESE 112°447 m16.3 mi
Butler MountainNE 38°430 m18.3 mi
Foster MountainNE 39°421 m17.8 mi
Cahaba MountainNE 45°419 m23.1 mi
Black Oak MountainNE 39°413 m17.0 mi
Praytor MountainNE 39°411 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3819:2420:01
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:4816:0616:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956647278828176655447
Precip in5.04.95.75.14.94.85.44.44.03.34.24.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Birmingham AP, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin51 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird47 obs
  • House Sparrow44 obs
  • Mourning Dove42 obs
  • Rock Pigeon39 obs
  • Giant leaf-footed bug39 obs
  • Green Anole37 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel36 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/129478010

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