Murphy Mountain
Murphy Mountain rises to 235 m in Alabama. Wallace Mountain stands 409 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Potato Hill, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31723009, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 235 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Huskey Park: 4.8 mi
- Brewer Disc Golf Course: 5.3 mi
- Laceys Spring Recreation Center: 6.8 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 7.1 mi
- Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
- Potato Hill: 1.1 mi
- Kennedy Point: 1.2 mi
- Little Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Georgia Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wilson Point: 2.4 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 9.9 mi
- Helicopter: 13.0 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 15.0 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 15.8 mi
- U.S. Army Nike Hercules: 15.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Bee Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 4.8 mi
- Bell Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Lewis Buff: 5.9 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 15.3 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 16.1 mi
- Falkville: 15.5 mi
- SkyLume: 15.6 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 16.1 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 16.6 mi
- Eggbeater Jesus: 17.2 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 15.4 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 15.9 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 17.7 mi
- Early Works Museum: 17.8 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 17.9 mi
- Betts Spring: 13.5 mi
- Byrd Spring: 13.7 mi
- Brahan Spring: 16.1 mi
- Big Spring: 17.9 mi
- Alm's Spring: 18.6 mi
- Pavilion 12: 16.0 mi
- Pavilion 9: 16.0 mi
- Pavilion 7: 16.0 mi
- Pavilion 10: 16.0 mi
- Pavilion 11: 16.0 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 24.5 mi
- Marie's Garden: 15.1 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 17.5 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 20.3 mi
- Talucah Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lacon: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Murphy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Mountain | ENE 62° | 409 m | 9.9 mi |
| Wade Point | NE 54° | 401 m | 11.0 mi |
| Russell Point | NE 50° | 397 m | 10.3 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | ENE 59° | 391 m | 4.4 mi |
| Bell Point | NE 51° | 387 m | 4.7 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | E 81° | 386 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lehman Point | NNE 34° | 385 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bettinger Mountain | ENE 74° | 379 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Intnl AP, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358921605
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