Sand Point
Sand Point rises to 463 m in Alabama. Potato Knob stands 510 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Burritt Museum, a museum 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31723859, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 463 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Top Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Garth Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Huntsville Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Ginn Point: 2.7 mi
- Chestnut Knob: 3.1 mi
- Jones Family Park: 2.4 mi
- Hermitage Park: 2.4 mi
- Hastings Park: 2.8 mi
- Maple Hill Park: 3.0 mi
- Piedmont Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Three Caves: 2.4 mi
- Japanese Friendship Bridge: 4.0 mi
- Huntsville Roundhouse and Turntable: 4.2 mi
- Huntsville Depot: 4.3 mi
- Alabama A&M Agribition Center: 5.6 mi
- Pine Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Sublett Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Lehmans Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Coffee Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Bucklight Point: 11.5 mi
- 1989 Tornado Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Hotel Monte Sano: 2.9 mi
- Ricky's Rocket: 3.3 mi
- Eternal Flame: 3.9 mi
- Kaffeeklatsch: 4.0 mi
- Artistic Images: 3.1 mi
- Moon Gate: 3.3 mi
- SkyLume: 3.6 mi
- Travelers: 3.7 mi
- ART Custom Framing: 3.7 mi
- Burritt Museum: 1.2 mi
- Civilian Conservation Corps Museum & Memorial: 3.3 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 3.5 mi
- Weeden House: 3.7 mi
- Early Works Museum: 3.8 mi
- Alm's Spring: 1.9 mi
- Little Chalybeate Spring: 2.3 mi
- Fearn Spring: 2.4 mi
- Carter's Chalybeat Spring: 2.7 mi
- The Spring House: 2.8 mi
- Monte Sano State Park Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Pavilion 12: 4.2 mi
- Pavilion 7: 4.2 mi
- Pavilion 11: 4.2 mi
- Pavilion 9: 4.2 mi
- Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 11.2 mi
- Fern Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 12.2 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 12.6 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Sauta Cave National Wildlife Refuge: 23.3 mi
- Marie's Garden: 3.0 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 10.4 mi
- Talucah Beach: 14.4 mi
- Little Nashville: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Sand Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Knob | NE 40° | 510 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sharp Mountain | ENE 57° | 508 m | 12.5 mi |
| Monte Sano Mountain | NNE 15° | 494 m | 3.1 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | ENE 60° | 490 m | 3.1 mi |
| Round Top Mountain | NW 324° | 483 m | 1.3 mi |
| Logan Point | NNE 16° | 481 m | 3.7 mi |
| Huntsville Mountain | SSE 167° | 476 m | 2.2 mi |
| Jasper Point | ENE 59° | 462 m | 9.4 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 126323 — Sand Point, Madison County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358928142
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