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Round Top Mountain

Round Top Mountain, a peak in Alabama
Round Top Mountain, a peak in Alabamadmtilley · CC BY 3.0

Round Top Mountain rises to 483 m in Alabama. Potato Knob stands 510 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Burritt Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in Alabama, United States of America

Wikidata Q31495087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
483 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.71731, -86.53916

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scenic Overlook: 0.4 mi
  • Hermitage Park: 1.1 mi
  • Maple Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • California Street Park: 2.1 mi
  • Monte Sano Preserve: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 43
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 15
Artworks: 14
  • Artistic Images: 2.2 mi
  • Moon Gate: 2.3 mi
  • Travelers: 2.7 mi
  • Small Bull sculpture: 2.7 mi
  • Eggbeater Jesus: 2.8 mi
Springs: 13
  • Alm's Spring: 0.7 mi
  • The Spring House: 1.5 mi
  • Fagan Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Little Chalybeate Spring: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 3.5 mi
  • Pavilion 12: 3.5 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 3.5 mi
  • Pavilion 1: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 6
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.2 mi
  • Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 12.4 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
  • Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Waterfall: 4.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Talucah Beach: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Round Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato KnobNE 46°510 m13.0 mi
Sharp MountainENE 63°508 m12.6 mi
Monte Sano MountainNE 39°494 m2.5 mi
Chestnut KnobE 82°490 m3.5 mi
Logan PointNE 35°481 m3.1 mi
Huntsville MountainSSE 158°476 m3.4 mi
Sand PointSE 144°463 m1.3 mi
Jasper PointENE 66°462 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:58
June solstice05:3419:2620:03
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5016:0116:40

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404351596775787772614943
Precip in5.95.55.55.14.94.54.23.74.23.74.56.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owens Cross Roads 3S, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358926982

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