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Rhodes Ferry Park

Rhodes Ferry Park from directly overhead

Rhodes Ferry Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Madkin Mountain stands 376 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Founders Park, a park 0.2 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 265 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Decatur Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.61390, -86.98004
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Founders Park: 0.2 mi
  • Etta Freeman Park: 0.3 mi
  • Frazier Park: 0.4 mi
  • Courthouse Park: 0.5 mi
  • Walden Oaks Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 40
Historic sites: 23
  • Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 1.0 mi
  • Lest We Forget: 1.1 mi
  • Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 11.2 mi
  • Tornado Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Trinity School Cistern: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 21
  • Dragonfly: 1.2 mi
  • Beaver: 1.2 mi
  • Schooling fish: 1.2 mi
  • Rabbit: 1.2 mi
  • Tortoise: 1.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
Museums: 13
  • Southern Railway Depot: 0.4 mi
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 0.6 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 13.3 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 22.5 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 22.5 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 22.5 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 22.5 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 22.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Betts Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Betts Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.9 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rocket Rest Area: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Rhodes Ferry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Madkin MountainE 79°376 m19.5 mi
Weeden MountainENE 75°371 m19.3 mi
Wilson MountainSE 146°357 m16.3 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 152°352 m16.8 mi
Cooper MountainSE 138°350 m17.2 mi
Rainbow MountainENE 60°349 m16.5 mi
Negro MountainSSE 152°342 m17.7 mi
Sand MountainSSW 208°310 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2720:05
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 °F414553627077807973625144
Precip in4.65.05.04.54.13.73.93.13.23.24.05.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur Pryor FLD, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-crowned Night Heron54 obs
  • American Coot41 obs
  • Pimpleback41 obs
  • Purple Lilliput34 obs
  • Yellow Sandshell33 obs
  • Gadwall32 obs
  • Bufflehead31 obs
  • Great Egret29 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/440205181

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