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Silver Coin Monument

Silver Coin Monument from directly overhead

Silver Coin Monument is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Courtyard, a garden 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Art installation consisting of silver coins, placed atop each other at a slight offset

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How to reach it

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Coordinates35.22197, -80.85652
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Edna's Porch: 0.4 mi
  • Color Forest: 0.4 mi
  • Sam Mills statue: 0.4 mi
  • Dinosaur: 0.5 mi
  • Substation & Tower Illumination: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • The Green: 0.6 mi
  • Wilmore Centennial Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wilmore Park: 0.7 mi
  • James Dennis Rash Park: 0.8 mi
  • Frazier Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.7 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.2 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.6 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
  • Courtyard: 0.1 mi
  • Wilmore Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 11
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.7 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.7 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
  • High Shoals: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 272°458 m23.7 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 290°375 m15.5 mi
Henry KnobWSW 255°344 m24.4 mi
Jackson KnobW 267°328 m17.8 mi
Reese MountainNW 315°325 m20.3 mi
Nanny MountainSW 234°299 m17.3 mi
Berry MountainW 272°281 m12.8 mi
Gamble HillW 275°263 m23.9 mi
Conditions

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12158349996

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