Rex
Rex is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Marion Diehl Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 23 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The world's largest free-standing sculpture of a lion.
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 24.5 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
Named places within 25 miles
- Marion Diehl Park: 0.1 mi
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.4 mi
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.6 mi
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.7 mi
- Park Road Park: 0.8 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 0.3 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 2.4 mi
- Coal car: 5.1 mi
- METALmorphosis: 5.2 mi
- Thunder Striker: 6.1 mi
- Queen's Park sign: 2.3 mi
- Furrow: 2.4 mi
- Furrow: 2.4 mi
- Furrow: 2.5 mi
- Furrow: 2.5 mi
- Isaac Newton Alexander Grist Mill: 1.4 mi
- Rosati Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker: 3.6 mi
- Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212: 3.9 mi
- Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Charlotte Museum of Nature: 2.1 mi
- Mint Museum Randolph: 3.5 mi
- NASCAR Hall of Fame: 4.3 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 4.4 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 4.4 mi
- Wing Haven: 1.6 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Big Rock Nature Reserve: 6.9 mi
- Providence Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Capps Hill: 9.4 mi
- Red Hill: 13.4 mi
- Berry Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 14.6 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 15.1 mi
- South Point Beach: 8.7 mi
- Sailing Beach: 11.4 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.2 mi
- SHOAL: 23.8 mi
- SHOAL: 24.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 4.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 6.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Mountain | WNW 282° | 458 m | 24.2 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 303° | 375 m | 17.4 mi |
| Henry Knob | W 265° | 344 m | 23.7 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 280° | 328 m | 18.0 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 322° | 325 m | 23.5 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 247° | 299 m | 15.1 mi |
| Berry Mountain | WNW 290° | 281 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gamble Hill | WNW 285° | 263 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8492753604
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 3 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 3 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 3 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 4 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 4 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 4 mi
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