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Section Mountain

Section Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Section Mountain rises to 232 m in Alabama. Wallace Mountain stands 409 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Mountain High Ridge, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in Alabama, United States of America

Wikidata Q31515465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
232 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.52731, -86.74694

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sunnyside Park: 3.5 mi
  • Sports Field: 3.8 mi
  • Flamingo Park: 3.9 mi
  • Redstone Arsenal Recreation Area: 5.4 mi
  • Boeing Recreation Area: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 44
Cliffs: 23
Historic sites: 23
Artworks: 22
  • Tortoise: 13.9 mi
  • Schooling fish: 13.9 mi
  • Rabbit: 13.9 mi
  • Dragonfly: 13.9 mi
  • Beaver: 13.9 mi
Museums: 19
Springs: 13
  • Betts Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Byrd Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Betts Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Brahan Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pavilion 12: 14.8 mi
  • Pavilion 9: 14.8 mi
  • Pavilion 10: 14.8 mi
  • Pavilion 11: 14.9 mi
  • Pavilion 7: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 4
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
  • Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 13.4 mi
  • Bethel Spring Nature Preserve: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Talucah Beach: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Waterfall: 20.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Section Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wallace MountainE 83°409 m13.0 mi
Russell PointENE 74°397 m12.6 mi
Whitesburg MountainE 97°391 m8.0 mi
Bell PointE 92°387 m7.9 mi
Lehman PointE 100°385 m5.7 mi
Bettinger MountainE 96°379 m11.2 mi
Husky MountainE 95°378 m10.3 mi
Georgia MountainESE 122°377 m7.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2618:59
June solstice05:3519:2620:04
September equinox06:3618:1218:45
December solstice06:5116:0216:41

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434754637179818175645346
Precip in5.05.15.44.94.74.14.53.53.53.64.35.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntsville Intnl AP, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 126526 — Section Mountain, Morgan County, Alabama.

OpenStreetMap element node/358928342

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