Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain rises to 300 m in Alabama. Chandler Mountain stands 452 m to the east-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is CSA, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Alabama, United States of America
Wikidata Q31721600, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Palisades Park: 2.2 mi
- Polk Park: 3.2 mi
- Woodland Scout Park: 3.4 mi
- Pop Up Park: 3.5 mi
- Oneonta Recreation Park: 4.7 mi
- Raccoon Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Nevins Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Cornelius Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Tater Knob: 7.2 mi
- Browns Mountain: 7.8 mi
- CSA: 2.0 mi
- Antioch Cemetary: 2.8 mi
- USAF Combat Controller SSGT. Forrest B. Sibley Memorial Bridge: 2.8 mi
- The Gamble School: 3.3 mi
- Champion Mines: 3.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Scirum Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 14.9 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 16.8 mi
- 40 Acres Museum: 3.3 mi
- Blount County Memorial Museum & Historical Society: 3.8 mi
- Ashville Museum & Archives: 13.9 mi
- John W. Inzer Museum: 13.9 mi
- Mustang Museum of America: 21.4 mi
- Angel Wings: 3.7 mi
- Welcome To Oneonta: 3.9 mi
- Saint Joseph: 16.0 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 16.0 mi
- Pietà: 16.2 mi
- OBA Artwalk: 3.9 mi
- Horse Pens 40: 7.8 mi
- Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 21.3 mi
- Fat Man's Squeeze: 23.3 mi
- Mountain Air Trampoline Park: 23.8 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 8.7 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 9.5 mi
- Powell Falls: 10.9 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 23.4 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 23.4 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 2.1 mi
- Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 16.1 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Northbound): 11.1 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Southbound): 11.5 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Turkey Creek Nature Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Nectar Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Big Spring: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Iron Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Mountain | ESE 122° | 452 m | 8.3 mi |
| Wornock Mountain | W 274° | 436 m | 15.8 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SSW 211° | 430 m | 21.1 mi |
| Aurora Mountain | NE 50° | 425 m | 17.9 mi |
| Foster Mountain | SSW 211° | 421 m | 21.6 mi |
| Cahaba Mountain | SSW 200° | 419 m | 17.2 mi |
| Saint Clair Mountain | SSW 201° | 414 m | 12.5 mi |
| Black Oak Mountain | SSW 211° | 413 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:03 | 16:41 |
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 | 43 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 63 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oneonta, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358946466
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- Rickwood Caverns State Park · 26 mi
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