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Captain Jack Statue

Captain Jack Statue from directly overhead

Captain Jack Statue is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates35.21684, -80.83267

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 0.9 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 1.8 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.9 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.1 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Aspire: 0.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.1 mi
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.4 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.9 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Captain Jack Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 289°375 m16.9 mi
Jackson KnobW 268°328 m19.1 mi
Reese MountainNW 313°325 m21.5 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 237°299 m18.2 mi
Berry MountainW 273°281 m14.1 mi
Capps HillNNW 339°244 m5.8 mi
Red HillSE 135°228 m14.7 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 242°227 m17.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616977807973625145
Precip in3.53.14.03.83.44.03.74.43.73.23.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4724991906

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