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Bald Knob

Bald Knob, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Knob rises to 225 m in Alabama. Lehman Point stands 385 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Park, a park 2.0 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 267 miles off.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Alabama, United States of America; geonames ID = 4831188

Wikidata Q31479236, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
225 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.55509, -86.92723

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shady Park: 2.0 mi
  • North Park: 2.1 mi
  • Pop Oliver Park: 2.8 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 3.0 mi
  • Adventure Park: 3.4 mi
Attractions: 40
Artworks: 20
  • Tortoise: 4.0 mi
  • Schooling fish: 4.0 mi
  • Rabbit: 4.0 mi
  • Dragonfly: 4.1 mi
  • Beaver: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 20
Cliffs: 20
Museums: 15
  • Cook Museum of Natural Science: 4.7 mi
  • Southern Railway Depot: 5.3 mi
  • Gulf Museum: 17.3 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 17.6 mi
  • Alabama Veterans Museum and Archives: 17.6 mi
Springs: 6
  • Betts Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Betts Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Pavilion 10: 21.3 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 21.3 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 21.3 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 21.3 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 21.3 mi
Gardens: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Talucah Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Mallard Creek Beach: 16.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lehman PointE 100°385 m16.2 mi
Georgia MountainESE 109°377 m17.2 mi
Madkin MountainENE 64°376 m17.9 mi
Kennedy PointESE 106°370 m16.0 mi
Wilson MountainSSE 147°357 m11.3 mi
Peck MountainSE 134°356 m16.3 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 155°352 m11.8 mi
Walling MountainE 98°352 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2619:00
June solstice05:3619:2720:04
September equinox06:3618:1318:46
December solstice06:5116:0316:42

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 113402 — Bald Knob, Morgan County, Alabama.

OpenStreetMap element node/358905687

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