Turkey Mountain
Turkey Mountain rises to 237 m in Alabama. Whitesburg Mountain stands 391 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is North Park, a park 3.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Alabama, United States of America.
Wikidata Q31564575, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 237 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Park: 3.3 mi
- Veteran's Park: 3.6 mi
- Sports Field: 6.3 mi
- Flamingo Park: 6.3 mi
- Boeing Recreation Area: 6.4 mi
- Sand Mountain High Ridge: 4.8 mi
- Burleson Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Section Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Bald Knob: 5.4 mi
- Barkley Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Historic Downtown Hartselle: 9.0 mi
- Helicopter: 12.3 mi
- Bridge Street Carousel: 15.1 mi
- Lockheed A-12 'Oxcart': 15.3 mi
- Skylab Vehicle Cluster: 15.3 mi
- Tortoise: 8.9 mi
- Schooling fish: 8.9 mi
- Rabbit: 8.9 mi
- Dragonfly: 8.9 mi
- Beaver: 8.9 mi
- Triana Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Fort Decatur Recreation Center: 9.3 mi
- Purple Heart Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Lest We Forget: 10.6 mi
- Cummings Research Park Lake Obelisk: 14.5 mi
- Watkins Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Lewis Buff: 9.1 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 10.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.3 mi
- Bell Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Cook Museum of Natural Science: 9.5 mi
- Southern Railway Depot: 9.9 mi
- U.S. Space & Rocket Center: 15.4 mi
- U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum: 17.4 mi
- Huntsville Museum of Art: 18.9 mi
- Betts Spring: 11.0 mi
- Byrd Spring: 16.5 mi
- Brahan Spring: 17.4 mi
- Big Spring: 19.0 mi
- The Spring House: 20.8 mi
- Pavilion 9: 17.3 mi
- Pavilion 10: 17.3 mi
- Pavilion 12: 17.3 mi
- Pavilion 11: 17.3 mi
- Pavilion 7: 17.3 mi
- Creekwood Garden: 15.0 mi
- Marie's Garden: 19.6 mi
- North Alabama Japanese Garden: 22.8 mi
- Talucah Beach: 6.5 mi
- Mallard Creek Beach: 21.3 mi
- Dallas W. Fanning Nature Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Mill Creek Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Lacon: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Turkey Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesburg Mountain | E 99° | 391 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bell Point | E 96° | 387 m | 12.9 mi |
| Lehman Point | ESE 101° | 385 m | 10.8 mi |
| Husky Mountain | E 98° | 378 m | 15.3 mi |
| Georgia Mountain | ESE 114° | 377 m | 11.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | E 97° | 377 m | 14.8 mi |
| Madkin Mountain | NE 52° | 376 m | 13.7 mi |
| Weeden Mountain | NE 47° | 371 m | 14.2 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 | 19:27 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:03 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Decatur 4SE, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 128171 — Turkey Mountain, Morgan County, Alabama.
OpenStreetMap element node/358930467
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