Rickwood Caverns State Park
Rickwood Caverns State Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 257 m. Wornock Mountain stands 436 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 29 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Alabama State Parks
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds
Named places within 25 miles
- Hamilton Mountain: 0.5 mi
- Thomas Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Bryant Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Burt Reid Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Traditions Park: 3.3 mi
- Hayden Community Park: 4.9 mi
- Hayden Community Center: 5.6 mi
- Hayden Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Corner Community Park: 6.5 mi
- Blount Springs: 5.1 mi
- Blountsville: 17.9 mi
- Bent, not Broken: 19.2 mi
- Walter Cotton Gin: 19.7 mi
- April 27, 2011 Tornado memeorial: 20.4 mi
- Alabama Mining Museum: 16.8 mi
- Brookside Historic Museum: 17.5 mi
- Cullman County Museum: 20.8 mi
- Blount County Memorial Museum & Historical Society: 22.3 mi
- 40 Acres Museum: 22.5 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 15.6 mi
- Saint Joseph: 15.6 mi
- Pietà: 15.7 mi
- Welcome To Oneonta: 22.3 mi
- Angel Wings: 22.5 mi
- Ave Maria Grotto: 20.6 mi
- Sportsman Lake: 21.8 mi
- OBA Artwalk: 22.3 mi
- Trussville Entertainment District: 22.9 mi
- Clarkson Covered Bridge: 24.0 mi
- Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 15.6 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 24.0 mi
- Jones Valley Teaching Farm: 24.6 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 24.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Banking Grounds: 14.1 mi
- Scirum Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Ruffner Mountain: 23.7 mi
- Powell Falls: 15.8 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 20.0 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 21.8 mi
- Cullman County Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Bike Repair: 17.1 mi
- Nectar Covered Bridge: 14.3 mi
- Hammer Park: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Rickwood Caverns State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wornock Mountain | NE 48° | 436 m | 12.2 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SE 128° | 430 m | 17.7 mi |
| Foster Mountain | SE 130° | 421 m | 18.0 mi |
| Black Oak Mountain | SE 132° | 413 m | 18.1 mi |
| Praytor Mountain | SE 128° | 411 m | 18.3 mi |
| Village Mountain | ESE 121° | 409 m | 15.8 mi |
| McPherson Mountain | NE 51° | 404 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hayes Mountain | SE 124° | 400 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:05 | 16:43 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanceville, 13 mi away.
- Green Anole20 obs
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- resurrection fern17 obs
- Northern Cardinal15 obs
- Gray-foot Lancetooth Snail15 obs
- American Dog Tick13 obs
- American persimmon13 obs
- crane-fly orchid13 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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