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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
  • Hermitage Park: 1.1 mi
  • Maple Hill Park: 1.8 mi
  • California Street Park: 2.1 mi
  • Monte Sano Preserve: 2.1 mi
  • Hastings Park: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 42
Cliffs: 25
Historic sites: 14
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: 12
  • 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: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Talucah Beach: 14.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Round Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potato KnobNE510 m13.0 mi
Sharp MountainENE508 m12.6 mi
Monte Sano MountainNE494 m2.5 mi
Chestnut KnobE490 m3.5 mi
Logan PointNE481 m3.1 mi
Huntsville MountainSSE476 m3.4 mi
Sand PointSE463 m1.3 mi
Jasper PointENE462 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 50–80 °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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