Keel Mountain
Keel Mountain rises to 367 m in Alabama. Bingham Mountain stands 519 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethel Spring Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.
The story
Keel Mountain is a mesa in Madison and Jackson Counties in Alabama. It is associated with the Cumberland Plateau, from which it is separated by the valley of the Paint Rock River. It is named for the early pioneers Jesse and Priscilla (Whitaker) Keel, who settled there from North Carolina prior to 1810.
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Wikidata Q6382725, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 367 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stevens Reservation: 4.4 mi
- Lacy Reservation: 4.5 mi
- Elliott Reservation: 5.7 mi
- New Hope City Park: 7.0 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 7.4 mi
- Splitrock Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Hill Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Candlestand: 4.4 mi
- Rich Top: 4.7 mi
- Evans Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cathedral Caverns: 7.7 mi
- Cathedral Caverns State Park: 7.7 mi
- Honeycomb Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 11.4 mi
- Three Caves: 14.0 mi
- Whittaker Narrows: 4.7 mi
- Big Rock: 7.0 mi
- Sublett Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Bucklight Point: 10.6 mi
- Burritt Museum: 12.9 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Memorial: 12.9 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 14.6 mi
- Weeden House: 15.5 mi
- Early Works Museum: 15.5 mi
- Meridian Arts Gallery: 6.0 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 8.1 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 8.6 mi
- Artistic Images: 14.9 mi
- SkyLume: 14.9 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Hotel Monte Sano: 13.7 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 14.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 15.6 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 15.8 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 12.0 mi
- Fearn Spring: 12.0 mi
- Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 12.9 mi
- Alm's Spring: 13.3 mi
- Byrd Spring: 13.8 mi
- Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Pavilion 12: 15.6 mi
- Pavilion 7: 15.6 mi
- Pavilion 9: 15.6 mi
- Pavilion 11: 15.6 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 4.3 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 12.2 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 22.6 mi
- Neversink Pit: 22.8 mi
- Marie's Garden: 10.2 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 12.9 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 21.9 mi
- Little Nashville: 11.2 mi
- Bellefonte: 23.6 mi
- Talucah Beach: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Keel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bingham Mountain | NNE 14° | 519 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | N 1° | 508 m | 12.4 mi |
| Monte Sano Mountain | NW 312° | 494 m | 12.8 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | NW 314° | 490 m | 10.5 mi |
| Nat Mountain | NE 46° | 489 m | 7.6 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | WNW 301° | 483 m | 12.9 mi |
| Logan Point | NW 315° | 481 m | 13.1 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | WNW 290° | 476 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:00 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358974499
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