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Wilson Morgan Park

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Wilson Morgan Park is a park in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Wilson Mountain stands 357 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Adventure Park, a park 0.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 264 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Decatur Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.56263, -86.98741

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 36
Cliffs: 18
Historic sites: 16
Artworks: 13
  • Tortoise: 2.4 mi
  • Beaver: 2.5 mi
  • Rabbit: 2.5 mi
  • Schooling fish: 2.5 mi
  • Dragonfly: 2.5 mi
Museums: 8
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 2.9 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 3.5 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 16.7 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.9 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 24.1 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 24.1 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 24.1 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 24.1 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 24.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Betts Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Betts Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 15.1 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 15.4 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Beaches: 2
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Talucah Beach: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Wilson Morgan Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wilson MountainSE 136°357 m13.9 mi
Fairview MountainSE 143°352 m14.0 mi
Cooper MountainSE 128°350 m15.1 mi
Negro MountainSE 145°342 m14.9 mi
Thomas MountainS 181°337 m16.8 mi
Cook Gap MountainSSE 147°319 m18.2 mi
Sand MountainSSW 213°310 m14.9 mi
Flat MountainSSW 211°306 m15.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
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 °F424653626976797973625144
Precip in5.45.55.45.24.94.64.83.93.93.94.46.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 3 mi away.

  • Whooping Crane12 obs
  • Mallard11 obs
  • Common Watersnake7 obs
  • Sandhill Crane7 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull6 obs
  • American Robin6 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird6 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/440202512

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