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White Oak Creek Recreation Area

White Oak Creek Recreation Area from directly overhead

White Oak Creek Recreation Area is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Graveyard Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Barbour County Rest Area, a rest area 1.5 miles away. Barbour County Governor's Trail passes 5.8 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates31.77440, -85.15288

55 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
Peaks: 10
  • Johnny Moore Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Holley Hill: 11.3 mi
  • Vickers Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Joe Hill: 19.7 mi
  • Graveyard Hill: 19.9 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Swimming Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Swimming Beach: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Day Use rea: 11.6 mi
  • Colpton Community Center: 19.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Blue Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Bright Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Barbour County Rest Area: 1.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Bird Blind: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Otis Micro Statue: 13.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Civil War Statue: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Oak Creek Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Graveyard HillNW 305°211 m19.9 mi
Kennedy HillWNW 303°210 m21.0 mi
Joe HillWSW 251°165 m19.7 mi
Medley HillWSW 245°162 m21.1 mi
Walker HillWSW 246°156 m21.4 mi
Vickers HillSW 225°154 m13.3 mi
Shipes HillWSW 246°150 m20.0 mi
Johnny Moore HillESE 108°140 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:2018:52
June solstice05:3619:1419:50
September equinox06:3018:0718:39
December solstice06:3716:0516:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464956617076787873645448

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Georgetown 4 E, 11 mi away.

  • Green Anole12 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel6 obs
  • Pond Slider5 obs
  • Osprey5 obs
  • Mourning Dove4 obs
  • Northern Cardinal4 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird3 obs
  • Brown Thrasher3 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/405018157

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