Barkley Mountain
Barkley Mountain rises to 245 m in Alabama. Round Top Mountain stands 483 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area, a park 1.0 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31486763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 1.0 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 1.5 mi
- Flamingo Park: 1.9 mi
- Sports Field: 1.9 mi
- Lake Forest: 4.8 mi
- Bradford Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hatton Mountain: 2.0 mi
- John Black Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Section Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Helicopter: 6.4 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 9.4 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 9.4 mi
- U.S. Army Nike Hercules: 9.4 mi
- U.S. Army Roland: 9.4 mi
- Lewis Buff: 1.5 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 3.4 mi
- Bell Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 4.5 mi
- SkyLume: 10.3 mi
- Eggbeater Jesus: 11.7 mi
- Artistic Images: 11.9 mi
- Travelers: 11.9 mi
- Moon Gate: 12.0 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 9.4 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 10.3 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 10.8 mi
- UAH Stone Geode: 10.9 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 9.6 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 10.2 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 12.1 mi
- Early Works Museum: 12.3 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 12.3 mi
- Betts Spring: 6.7 mi
- Byrd Spring: 8.9 mi
- Brahan Spring: 10.5 mi
- Big Spring: 12.3 mi
- Alm's Spring: 13.8 mi
- Pavilion 12: 10.4 mi
- Pavilion 9: 10.4 mi
- Pavilion 10: 10.4 mi
- Pavilion 11: 10.4 mi
- Pavilion 7: 10.4 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 10.6 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 23.0 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 10.7 mi
- Marie's Garden: 11.8 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 15.6 mi
- Talucah Beach: 1.5 mi
- Lacon: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Barkley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Top Mountain | NE 43° | 483 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | ENE 58° | 476 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sand Point | NE 49° | 463 m | 13.1 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | E 101° | 409 m | 10.4 mi |
| Wade Point | E 91° | 401 m | 10.3 mi |
| Russell Point | E 91° | 397 m | 9.4 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | SE 130° | 391 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bell Point | SE 126° | 387 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Intnl AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 151669 — Barkley Mountain, Morgan County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358974119
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