Russell Point
Russell Point rises to 397 m in Alabama. Chestnut Knob stands 490 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Huntsville Speedway, a attraction 0.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31496598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 397 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Southside Park: 1.7 mi
- Madison County Nature Trail and Study Center: 1.8 mi
- McGucken Park: 2.2 mi
- Laceys Spring Recreation Center: 3.5 mi
- Camelot Recreation Association: 3.7 mi
- Wade Point: 0.9 mi
- Wallace Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Potato Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bell Hill: 3.1 mi
- Mathis Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 0.6 mi
- Helicopter: 10.3 mi
- Three Caves: 10.5 mi
- Japanese Friendship Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 11.3 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Black Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Bell Bluff: 5.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 6.0 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 8.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 10.7 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 11.1 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 11.3 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 6.2 mi
- Artisans Cove FRames and Art: 6.6 mi
- SkyLume: 8.9 mi
- Artistic Images: 10.1 mi
- Moon Gate: 10.2 mi
- Byrd Spring: 6.6 mi
- Brahan Spring: 9.7 mi
- Alm's Spring: 10.4 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 10.9 mi
- Fearn Spring: 10.9 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 8.5 mi
- Burritt Museum: 9.6 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- Early Works Museum: 10.8 mi
- Constitution Hall Park: 10.9 mi
- Pavilion 12: 9.5 mi
- Pavilion 7: 9.6 mi
- Pavilion 9: 9.6 mi
- Pavilion 11: 9.6 mi
- Pavilion 10: 9.6 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 14.3 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 16.5 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 23.2 mi
- Marie's Garden: 5.8 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 11.7 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 14.5 mi
- Talucah Beach: 10.9 mi
- Little Nashville: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Russell Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut Knob | NNE 17° | 490 m | 10.7 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | N 359° | 483 m | 9.7 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | N 9° | 476 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sand Point | N 3° | 463 m | 8.7 mi |
| Drake Mountain | NNE 25° | 440 m | 8.4 mi |
| Ginn Point | NNE 21° | 434 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wallace Mountain | SSE 157° | 409 m | 2.1 mi |
| High Point | NNE 31° | 409 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358927311
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