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Gunters Mountain

Gunters Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Gunters Mountain rises to 420 m in Alabama. Bingham Mountain stands 519 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Caverns State Park, a attraction 2.5 miles away. Appalachian Highlands Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.

About

The story

Gunters Mountain is a plateau-type summit in the U.S. state of Alabama. Part of the Cumberland Plateau, Gunters Mountain separates the Cumberland Plateau from the valley of the Tennessee River. Gunters Mountain is in Marshall County and Jackson County, just west of Guntersville Lake, a reservoir on the Tennessee River. The town of Grant is located on top of the plateau of Gunters Mountain. The mountain is located about halfway between the cities of Guntersville and Scottsboro. It is also the highest point of Marshall County. Variant names of Gunters Mountain include Grant Mountain, Gunter Mountain, and Shell Mountain.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5619442, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
420 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.56620, -86.17748
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park: 2.9 mi
  • Grant Park: 4.4 mi
  • Burns Reservation: 4.4 mi
  • North Sauty Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
  • Langston City Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Pisgah Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Cave Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Negro Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Murphy Hill: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 25
Attractions: 8
  • Cathedral Caverns State Park: 2.5 mi
  • Cathedral Caverns: 2.5 mi
  • Southern Scottsboro Depot: 11.0 mi
  • Honeycomb Natural Bridge: 11.3 mi
  • Mabrey's Rock of Ages: 12.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Little Chalybeate Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Fearn Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Alm's Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 24.0 mi
Museums: 7
Artworks: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Waterfall: 19.1 mi
  • Pisgah Gorge Falls #1: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Gunters Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bingham MountainNNW 338°519 m17.2 mi
Fork MountainN 5°507 m17.0 mi
Nat MountainNNW 336°489 m9.8 mi
Jacobs MountainN 359°484 m17.1 mi
McCoy MountainNNW 344°460 m6.7 mi
Splitrock MountainNW 309°457 m8.4 mi
Tater KnobNE 42°421 m11.2 mi
July MountainNE 41°411 m7.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3319:2420:01
September equinox06:3318:1018:43
December solstice06:4816:0016:39

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787872615043
Precip in6.15.75.75.04.64.65.24.14.33.64.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Scottsboro, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358913818

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