Wetumpka in Elmore County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Wetumpka Impact Crater

Educational Viewpoint #3

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2021

1. Wetumpka Impact Crater Marker

Inscription. You are on the crater floor inside the western rim of the Wetumpka Impact Crater, in an area called the "cliffs." After the meteor's impact, there was a massive landslide from the southern rim that brought vast quantities of clay and sandy sediment back into the crater. The effect of this event can be seen in the wide-spread red and tan crater filling deposits along Harrogate Springs Road. At the cliffs, the slide layers folded up against the harder rocks of the crater rim. The large gully is due to erosion when groundwater emerges from the buried crater rim.

Educational Viewpoint signs are part of the self-guided tour to see and understand the 85 million year old Wetumpka Impact Crater.

Erected 2019 by the Wetumpka Impact Crater Commission. (Marker Number 3.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Events.

Location. 32° 31.52′ N, 86° 11.143′ W. Marker is in Wetumpka, Alabama, in Elmore County. It is on Harrogate Springs Road 1.3 miles east of Jasmine Hill Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post

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office area: Wetumpka AL 36092, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. ¾ mile away); a different marker also named Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. 1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Wetumpka Impact Crater (approx. 1.2 miles away); Williams Lowndes Yancey (approx. 1.3 miles away); Elmore County Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); Elmore County World War I Memorial

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2021

2. Wetumpka Impact Crater Marker

(approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wetumpka.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.

Also see . . . For more information visit the City of Wetumpka at 408 South Main Street or our website. (Submitted on December 27, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

The cliffs of the Wetumpka Impact Crater image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, December 27, 2021

3. The cliffs of the Wetumpka Impact Crater

Credits. This page was last revised on December 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 27, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.