Bald Knob
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.
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
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Burleson Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Harris Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Chestnut Grove Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 7.7 mi
- Helicopter: 16.1 mi
- BE-4 Engine: 18.1 mi
- Bridge Street Carousel: 18.3 mi
- Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart': 18.7 mi
- Tortoise: 4.0 mi
- Schooling fish: 4.0 mi
- Rabbit: 4.0 mi
- Dragonfly: 4.1 mi
- Beaver: 4.1 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 4.3 mi
- Lest We Forget: 5.8 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Veteran's Park Memorial Display: 13.6 mi
- Fall Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Lewis Buff: 14.3 mi
- Goat Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 14.8 mi
- 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
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 18.9 mi
- 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
- Betts Spring: 14.4 mi
- Byrd Spring: 21.0 mi
- Brahan Spring: 21.3 mi
- Big Spring: 22.8 mi
- The Spring House: 24.8 mi
- Talucah Beach: 11.5 mi
- Mallard Creek Beach: 16.4 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 17.7 mi
- Marie's Garden: 24.4 mi
- Lacon: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Bald Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lehman Point | E 100° | 385 m | 16.2 mi |
| Georgia Mountain | ESE 109° | 377 m | 17.2 mi |
| Madkin Mountain | ENE 64° | 376 m | 17.9 mi |
| Weeden Mountain | ENE 60° | 371 m | 18.1 mi |
| Kennedy Point | ESE 106° | 370 m | 16.0 mi |
| Wilson Mountain | SSE 147° | 357 m | 11.3 mi |
| Peck Mountain | SE 134° | 356 m | 16.3 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | SSE 155° | 352 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:27 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
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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