Roach Back
Roach Back rises to 314 m in Alabama. Wallace Mountain stands 409 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31490716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 314 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brewer Disc Golf Course: 3.7 mi
- Huskey Park: 3.8 mi
- Shorty Ryan Park: 7.2 mi
- Baileyton Town Park: 8.0 mi
- Arab City Park: 10.5 mi
- Sugarloaf Hill: 0.8 mi
- Center Grove Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Crawford Point: 1.5 mi
- Tarkiln Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 9.7 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 14.2 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 16.9 mi
- Ave Maria Grotto: 17.4 mi
- Sportsman Lake: 18.0 mi
- Bee Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 6.2 mi
- Ballew Point: 8.8 mi
- Mill Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 14.5 mi
- Dane Estes Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Cullman Veterans Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Colonel Cullman: 18.1 mi
- Falkville: 15.0 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 21.0 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 21.3 mi
- SkyLume: 21.8 mi
- Pietà: 22.6 mi
- Cullman County Museum: 18.1 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 21.5 mi
- Crooked Creek Civil War Museum: 21.9 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 22.6 mi
- Burritt Museum: 23.7 mi
- Byrd Spring: 19.7 mi
- Betts Spring: 20.4 mi
- Brahan Spring: 22.4 mi
- Big Spring: 24.1 mi
- Alm's Spring: 24.5 mi
- Pavilion 12: 22.2 mi
- Pavilion 9: 22.3 mi
- Pavilion 7: 22.3 mi
- Pavilion 10: 22.3 mi
- Pavilion 11: 22.3 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 24.2 mi
- Marie's Garden: 20.3 mi
- Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 22.8 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 24.3 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 23.3 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 23.9 mi
- Talucah Beach: 13.9 mi
- Lacon: 15.0 mi
- Cullman County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Roach Back. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Mountain | NNE 32° | 409 m | 13.5 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | NNE 14° | 391 m | 9.2 mi |
| Bell Point | NNE 13° | 387 m | 9.9 mi |
| Meeks Mountain | NE 49° | 386 m | 12.8 mi |
| Lehman Point | N 360° | 385 m | 8.9 mi |
| McKinney Mountain | NE 51° | 385 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bettinger Mountain | NNE 32° | 379 m | 10.3 mi |
| Husky Mountain | NNE 27° | 378 m | 10.0 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 77 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cullman 1.5se/kress Farms, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358926245
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