Blue Mountain
Blue Mountain rises to 594 m in Alabama. Cheaha Mountain stands 733 m to the southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away. Talladega Scenic Drive passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in the United States of America
Wikidata Q31431557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 594 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Talladega Scenic Drive, National
- 12.4 mi off the Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic Overlook · 2 mi
- Restaurant Overlook · 2 mi
- Pulpit Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Scenic Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oak Hill: 0.7 mi
- Bald Rock: 1.2 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Cheaha Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Hernandez Peak: 3.5 mi
- Park of Karian Court: 6.3 mi
- Choccolocco Park: 6.5 mi
- Oxford Lake Park: 7.3 mi
- City of Oxford Park: 8.0 mi
- Simmons Park: 8.0 mi
- Highest Point in Alabama: 1.7 mi
- Bell UH-1: 13.3 mi
- M103: 13.3 mi
- F-100F: 13.3 mi
- Talladega College Sign: 19.1 mi
- Walt Farr Native American Relic Museum: 2.2 mi
- Anniston Museum of Natural History: 13.3 mi
- Berman Museum: 13.4 mi
- Alabama International Motorsports Hall of Fame: 16.7 mi
- International Motorsports Hall of Fame: 17.0 mi
- Chief Chenneby Grave: 10.0 mi
- Samuel Noble Monument: 10.8 mi
- Greyhound Bus Burning Site: 11.2 mi
- Clay County Veterans Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Fort McClellan EPW Cemetery: 14.7 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 2.3 mi
- Sherman Cliffs: 23.5 mi
- Salt Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Rob Roy Falls: 16.3 mi
- World’s Largest Chair: 10.4 mi
- Greyhound Mural: 10.8 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 10.3 mi
- All Saints Garden: 10.7 mi
- Minden: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Blue Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheaha Mountain | SW 217° | 733 m | 1.7 mi |
| Odum Point | SSW 201° | 714 m | 6.6 mi |
| Hernandez Peak | SSW 202° | 703 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Rock | SW 235° | 696 m | 1.2 mi |
| Parker High Point | SSW 197° | 667 m | 6.5 mi |
| McDill Point | SSW 206° | 648 m | 4.0 mi |
| Big Caney Head | SSW 201° | 648 m | 6.9 mi |
| Morton Hill | NNE 13° | 628 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:09 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anniston Metro AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358988346
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