Sand Mountain High Ridge
Sand Mountain High Ridge rises to 234 m in Alabama. Wallace Mountain stands 409 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Section Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31509257, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 234 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunnyside Park: 4.8 mi
- Sports Field: 5.1 mi
- Flamingo Park: 5.1 mi
- Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 6.8 mi
- Huskey Park: 7.4 mi
- Section Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Bean Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Potato Hill: 5.2 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 10.9 mi
- Helicopter: 11.8 mi
- Huntsville Speedway: 13.4 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 14.9 mi
- U.S. Army Roland: 14.9 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Lewis Buff: 6.1 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 6.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Bell Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 14.0 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 14.7 mi
- Lest We Forget: 15.4 mi
- Falkville: 13.0 mi
- Tortoise: 13.7 mi
- Schooling fish: 13.7 mi
- Rabbit: 13.7 mi
- Dragonfly: 13.7 mi
- Cook Museum of Natural Science: 14.3 mi
- Southern Railway Depot: 14.7 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 15.1 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 15.9 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 17.8 mi
- Betts Spring: 11.4 mi
- Byrd Spring: 14.6 mi
- Brahan Spring: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 18.0 mi
- Alm's Spring: 19.5 mi
- Pavilion 12: 16.2 mi
- Pavilion 9: 16.2 mi
- Pavilion 10: 16.2 mi
- Pavilion 11: 16.2 mi
- Pavilion 7: 16.2 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 15.6 mi
- Marie's Garden: 17.1 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 21.3 mi
- Talucah Beach: 4.8 mi
- Lacon: 14.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Sand Mountain High Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace Mountain | E 79° | 409 m | 13.9 mi |
| Russell Point | ENE 71° | 397 m | 13.6 mi |
| Whitesburg Mountain | E 89° | 391 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bell Point | E 84° | 387 m | 8.6 mi |
| Lehman Point | E 89° | 385 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bettinger Mountain | E 90° | 379 m | 11.9 mi |
| Husky Mountain | E 89° | 378 m | 11.0 mi |
| Georgia Mountain | ESE 112° | 377 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:26 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 81 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Intnl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358954381
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