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Macon County Rest Area South Bound

Macon County Rest Area South Bound from directly overhead

Macon County Rest Area South Bound is a rest area in Alabama, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Doss Mountain stands 296 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Macon County Rest Area North Bound, a rest area 0.5 miles away. Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail passes 2.8 miles off. 102 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Alabama Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates32.50424, -85.60882

102 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 54
  • Auburn Softball Complex: 6.6 mi
  • Kiesel Park: 6.7 mi
  • Loachapoka Historic District: 6.9 mi
  • North Main Street Historic District: 7.2 mi
  • Main Street Historic District: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 11
Historic sites: 9
  • Physical Plant/Enginee's Office (Ghost Structure): 5.3 mi
  • Cadet House (Ghost Structure): 5.3 mi
  • Army Supply Building (Ghost Structure): 5.3 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Monument: 7.7 mi
  • The Auburn Memorial: 9.7 mi
Museums: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Tuskegee University Sign: 7.6 mi
  • Beginning of the George Washington Carver Nutrition Trail: 7.7 mi
  • Lincoln Gates: 7.8 mi
  • Founders' Oak: 9.7 mi
  • Civil War Cannon Lathe: 10.1 mi
Peaks: 5
  • Baxley Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Saddlerock Mountain Overlook: 21.5 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 21.9 mi
  • Doss Mountain: 25.0 mi
  • Smith Mountain: 25.0 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Carnivorous Plant Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Centennial Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Anne Terrell Basore Memorial Garden: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Taska Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Cherokee Bluffs: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Macon County Rest Area South Bound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Doss MountainN 353°296 m25.0 mi
Smith MountainNNW 328°239 m25.0 mi
Saddlerock Mountain OverlookWNW 301°186 m21.5 mi
Baxley HillW 274°148 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2218:54
June solstice05:3619:1719:54
September equinox06:3118:0818:41
December solstice06:4116:0416:42

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465056637177807975645448
Precip in5.35.15.74.83.95.74.84.33.53.44.25.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auburn No.2, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/435978691

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