Potato Hill
Potato Hill rises to 274 m in Alabama. Wallace Mountain stands 409 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Murphy Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Morgan County, Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31476384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 274 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Huskey Park: 3.7 mi
- Brewer Disc Golf Course: 4.2 mi
- Sunnyside Park: 7.7 mi
- Laceys Spring Recreation Center: 7.9 mi
- Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
- Murphy Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Wilson Point: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Kennedy Point: 2.3 mi
- Georgia Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 11.0 mi
- Helicopter: 13.9 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 14.3 mi
- Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 15.9 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 16.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Bee Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 5.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.4 mi
- Lewis Buff: 6.8 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 16.4 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 17.0 mi
- Falkville: 14.5 mi
- SkyLume: 16.7 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 17.2 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 17.7 mi
- Eggbeater Jesus: 18.3 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 16.4 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 16.9 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 18.7 mi
- Early Works Museum: 18.8 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 18.9 mi
- Betts Spring: 14.3 mi
- Byrd Spring: 14.7 mi
- Brahan Spring: 17.1 mi
- Big Spring: 18.9 mi
- Alm's Spring: 19.7 mi
- Pavilion 12: 17.0 mi
- Pavilion 9: 17.0 mi
- Pavilion 7: 17.0 mi
- Pavilion 10: 17.0 mi
- Pavilion 11: 17.0 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 18.0 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 20.8 mi
- Marie's Garden: 16.2 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 18.3 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 21.4 mi
- Talucah Beach: 7.8 mi
- Lacon: 15.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Potato Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Mountain | ENE 59° | 409 m | 10.9 mi |
| Wade Point | NE 52° | 401 m | 12.0 mi |
| Russell Point | NE 49° | 397 m | 11.4 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | NE 54° | 391 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bell Point | NE 48° | 387 m | 5.8 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | ENE 77° | 386 m | 12.1 mi |
| Lehman Point | NE 34° | 385 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bettinger Mountain | ENE 69° | 379 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 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/358925099
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