Ransom Hill
Ransom Hill rises to 196 m in Alabama. Huntsville Mountain stands 476 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Bluff, a cliff 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31484539, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Laceys Spring Recreation Center: 2.6 mi
- Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Bell Mountain Park: 5.4 mi
- Southside Park: 5.8 mi
- Buchanan Park: 5.9 mi
- Bell Point: 2.0 mi
- Walling Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Whitesburg Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Lehman Point: 2.8 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 5.4 mi
- Helicopter: 8.8 mi
- Main Propulsion Test Article 098: 11.2 mi
- SLS Core Stage Pathfinder: 11.2 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 11.2 mi
- Bell Bluff: 0.8 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 1.4 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Lewis Buff: 3.1 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 4.3 mi
- SkyLume: 10.4 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 10.9 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 11.3 mi
- Artistic Images: 12.0 mi
- Eggbeater Jesus: 12.0 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 10.0 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 11.8 mi
- Eternal Flame: 12.4 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 10.1 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 11.3 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 12.5 mi
- Burritt Museum: 12.5 mi
- Early Works Museum: 12.6 mi
- Byrd Spring: 8.3 mi
- Betts Spring: 10.0 mi
- Brahan Spring: 10.9 mi
- Big Spring: 12.7 mi
- Alm's Spring: 13.3 mi
- Pavilion 12: 10.8 mi
- Pavilion 9: 10.8 mi
- Pavilion 7: 10.8 mi
- Pavilion 10: 10.8 mi
- Pavilion 11: 10.8 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 15.6 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 19.8 mi
- Marie's Garden: 9.8 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 13.4 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 14.9 mi
- Talucah Beach: 6.0 mi
- Lacon: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Ransom Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Mountain | NE 36° | 476 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | E 90° | 409 m | 6.0 mi |
| Wade Point | ENE 74° | 401 m | 6.4 mi |
| Russell Point | ENE 70° | 397 m | 5.5 mi |
| Lemley Mountain | E 99° | 394 m | 9.7 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | SSE 157° | 391 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bell Point | SSE 151° | 387 m | 2.0 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | ESE 109° | 386 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| 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–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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358925665
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