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Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cedar Mountain rises to 288 m in Alabama. Huntsville Mountain stands 476 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is McCutcheon Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in Morgan County, Alabama, United States (Geonames ID 4054254)

Wikidata Q31539899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
288 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.52926, -86.56166

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions: 45
Cliffs: 27
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 14
Springs: 13
  • Byrd Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Betts Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Alm's Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pavilion 12: 12.3 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 12.3 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 12.3 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 12.3 mi
  • Pavilion 10: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 5
  • Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 12.7 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
  • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 17.4 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Talucah Beach: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Waterfall: 14.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Huntsville MountainNNE 14°476 m10.2 mi
Wallace MountainENE 60°409 m2.7 mi
Wade PointNE 37°401 m4.0 mi
Russell PointNNE 25°397 m3.6 mi
Lemley MountainE 91°394 m5.9 mi
Whitesburg MountainWSW 248°391 m2.8 mi
Bell PointW 262°387 m2.7 mi
Meeks MountainESE 108°386 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:58
June solstice05:3519:2620:03
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5016:0216:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787772614943
Precip in5.95.55.55.14.94.54.23.74.23.74.56.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358908099

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