Bald Hornet
Bald Hornet rises to 257 m in Alabama. Dugger Mountain stands 648 m to the east-southeast, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sports Complex, a park 1.8 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31479068, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Talladega Scenic Drive, National
- 21.9 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Hurricane Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Penny Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Dugger Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Cherry Hill: 4.4 mi
- Berry Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sports Complex: 1.8 mi
- Jaycee Park: 2.3 mi
- Fagan's Park: 3.5 mi
- Germania Springs Park: 7.0 mi
- Jacksonville City Park: 8.9 mi
- MAJ Dwayne Williams Memorial: 8.9 mi
- John Pelham Monument: 9.0 mi
- Fort McClellan EPW Cemetery: 15.6 mi
- Samuel Noble Monument: 19.6 mi
- Spirit of American Citizenship: 20.9 mi
- Dr. Francis' Medical Museum: 8.7 mi
- Berman Museum: 17.1 mi
- Cherokee Historical Museum: 17.1 mi
- Anniston Museum of Natural History: 17.2 mi
- Janney Furnace Civil War and Native American Museum and Interpritive Center: 22.1 mi
- Greyhound Mural: 19.8 mi
- World’s Largest Chair: 20.1 mi
- Janney Furnace: 22.2 mi
- Fat Man's Squeeze: 22.9 mi
- The Brow: 22.5 mi
- Goat Bluff: 24.5 mi
- Alabama Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Georgia Visitor Information Center - I 20 Eastbound: 24.9 mi
- Turkey Town: 16.1 mi
- All Saints Garden: 19.6 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 22.9 mi
- Cave Spring: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Bald Hornet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dugger Mountain | ESE 111° | 648 m | 4.3 mi |
| Big Oak Mountain | SSW 200° | 612 m | 12.3 mi |
| Moorman Hill | SSW 200° | 608 m | 12.9 mi |
| Oakey Mountain | ESE 102° | 591 m | 8.3 mi |
| Weisner Mountain | N 353° | 575 m | 8.4 mi |
| Wikoff Hill | SSW 199° | 549 m | 15.0 mi |
| Hurricane Mountain | SSW 205° | 543 m | 2.6 mi |
| Frederick Hill | SSW 200° | 541 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 16:00 | 16:38 |
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 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centre, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 162837 — Bald Hornet, Calhoun County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358994019
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