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Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park from directly overhead

Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 142 m. Shades Mountain stands 346 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tannehill State Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Alabama's Stagecoach Route Through Leeds passes 30 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.25147, -87.06353

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tannehill State Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tannehill Preserve: 1.7 mi
  • Gristmill Park: 1.9 mi
  • Castleberry Park: 1.9 mi
  • Mccalla Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Sand Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • West Red Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • McAshan Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Rock Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Fountain Hill: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • West Blocton: 9.8 mi
  • Stewards of the Centennial Capsule: 15.4 mi
  • National Veteran's Shrine: 15.7 mi
  • Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 17.2 mi
  • Site Of Sixmile Male & Female Academy: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Organic Community Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Hazel P. Boren Courtyard and Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Bush Hills Community Garden and Urban Farm: 21.5 mi
  • BSC EcoScape: 21.6 mi
  • UAB Upperclassmen Green: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Peavine Falls: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shades MountainNE 49°346 m21.9 mi
Little Shades MountainNE 44°258 m14.3 mi
Rock MountainN 5°257 m5.8 mi
West Rock MountainNNE 13°247 m12.3 mi
Bee MountainNE 48°244 m12.1 mi
Muscoda MountainNE 45°244 m12.7 mi
Little Valley MountainNE 53°241 m20.3 mi
Round MountainNW 304°240 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:4019:2520:01
September equinox06:3718:1418:47
December solstice06:4916:0816:46

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454956637178818175655447
Precip in5.45.45.45.14.64.54.84.03.43.34.55.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bessemer 3 WSW, 10 mi away.

  • Gulf Longear Sunfish19 obs
  • Bluegill13 obs
  • Alabama Darter13 obs
  • Cahaba Bass13 obs
  • Christmas fern11 obs
  • devil's urn11 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs11 obs
  • Blackbanded Darter10 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000182OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/316746462

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