Rest area · Alabama
Cullman County Rest Area
Cullman County Rest Area is a rest area in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Wornock Mountain stands 436 m to the east-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttermilk Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Alabama Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Coordinates34.07315, -86.86428
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Buttermilk Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Stout Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Haynes Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Prospect Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Kinney Mountain: 6.6 mi
Parks: 57
- C.W. Day Hanceville Park & Recreation: 5.1 mi
- Smith Lake Park: 5.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 5.6 mi
- Carrol Acres Park: 6.1 mi
- Margaret Ingle Park: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 22
- Bent, not Broken: 5.8 mi
- Colonel Cullman: 7.5 mi
- Cullman Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Blount Springs: 10.5 mi
- Blountsville: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 6
- Pietà: 10.0 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 10.2 mi
- Saint Joseph: 10.2 mi
- Falkville: 20.5 mi
- Welcome To Oneonta: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 5
- Ave Maria Grotto: 7.5 mi
- Sportsman Lake: 8.3 mi
- Clarkson Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Baileyton Good Time DragStrip: 18.9 mi
- OBA Artwalk: 23.9 mi
Museums: 4
- Cullman County Museum: 7.4 mi
- Crooked Creek Civil War Museum: 12.3 mi
- 40 Acres Museum: 23.2 mi
- Blount County Memorial Museum & Historical Society: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Scirum Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Banking Grounds: 18.1 mi
- Pine Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Powell Falls: 15.5 mi
- Mardis Mills Falls: 16.9 mi
- Cornelius Falls: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 2
- Stations Of The Holy Eucharsit Garden: 10.0 mi
- Laylas’s Garden: 23.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Nectar Covered Bridge: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Hammer Park: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Lacon: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Cullman County Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wornock Mountain | ESE 119° | 436 m | 10.9 mi |
| McPherson Mountain | ESE 115° | 404 m | 12.0 mi |
| Hog Mountain | ESE 120° | 376 m | 11.7 mi |
| Wilson Mountain | N 6° | 357 m | 24.0 mi |
| Peck Mountain | NNE 20° | 356 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | S 172° | 352 m | 12.6 mi |
| Chert Mountain | SE 125° | 352 m | 22.5 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | N 4° | 352 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hanceville, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/431336845
Day trips start here
- Rickwood Caverns State Park · 13 mi
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