Raccoon Mountain
Raccoon Mountain rises to 383 m in Alabama. Chandler Mountain stands 452 m to the south-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dr. H.D. Jenkins Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Lookout Mountain Parkway passes 18 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Alabama, United States of America
Wikidata Q31483076, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 383 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Lookout Mountain Parkway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dr. H.D. Jenkins Park: 1.9 mi
- Palisades Park: 6.8 mi
- The Susan Moore Park: 7.4 mi
- McKay Park: 7.6 mi
- Polk Park: 7.9 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 3.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.4 mi
- Little Red Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Sam Hopper Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Bailey School: 4.9 mi
- Antioch Cemetary: 4.9 mi
- CSA: 6.7 mi
- USAF Combat Controller SSGT. Forrest B. Sibley Memorial Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Champion Mines: 7.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Scirum Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Cedar Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Pine Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 18.6 mi
- 40 Acres Museum: 8.1 mi
- Blount County Memorial Museum & Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Ashville Museum & Archives: 12.3 mi
- John W. Inzer Museum: 12.4 mi
- SMPA Artist House: 20.1 mi
- Horse Pens 40: 5.7 mi
- OBA Artwalk: 8.5 mi
- Fat Man's Squeeze: 18.6 mi
- Mountain Air Trampoline Park: 20.4 mi
- Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 22.9 mi
- Angel Wings: 8.3 mi
- Welcome To Oneonta: 8.5 mi
- Saint Joseph: 20.1 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 20.1 mi
- Pietà: 20.3 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 12.2 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 13.5 mi
- Powell Falls: 15.5 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 18.6 mi
- Noccalula Falls: 18.6 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 6.7 mi
- Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 20.3 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Southbound): 9.6 mi
- Saint Clair County Rest Area (Northbound): 10.4 mi
- Nectar Covered Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Big Spring: 16.7 mi
- Minden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Raccoon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Mountain | SSE 157° | 452 m | 6.1 mi |
| Wornock Mountain | W 270° | 436 m | 20.3 mi |
| Butler Mountain | SW 219° | 430 m | 24.8 mi |
| Aurora Mountain | NE 42° | 425 m | 13.7 mi |
| Cahaba Mountain | SSW 211° | 419 m | 20.4 mi |
| Saint Clair Mountain | SW 215° | 414 m | 15.8 mi |
| Praytor Mountain | SW 218° | 411 m | 24.8 mi |
| Village Mountain | SW 224° | 409 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:02 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 125400 — Raccoon Mountain, Blount County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358925583
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