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Stone Bench

Stone Bench from directly overhead

Stone Bench is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Stone Mountain stands 853 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Triangle Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Yadkin Way passes 5.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980
Material
marble
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.91113, -81.53132

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Triangle Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lenoir Optimist Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mulberry Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lenoir High School: 0.7 mi
  • Broyhill Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Adako Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Silvervale Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Granite Falls: 10.2 mi
  • McGalliard Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Triple Drop: 11.4 mi
Artworks: 35
Attractions: 34
  • Caldwell County Fairgrounds: 3.3 mi
  • Home of General William Lenoir: 7.6 mi
  • House Of Mugs (Collettsville Cup House): 10.6 mi
  • Lake Hickory Attractions: 11.4 mi
  • Mystery House: 18.5 mi
Museums: 26
  • Caldwell Historical Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Hudson Depot Museum: 4.8 mi
  • Granite Falls History: 10.0 mi
  • Waldensian Heritage Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Wilson Creek Visitor Center: 13.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Gardens: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Picnic sites: 8
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 21.1 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 21.1 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Beaches: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Stone Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone MountainN 353°853 m10.5 mi
Joe White MountainWNW 296°849 m12.5 mi
High EagleNNW 347°842 m9.4 mi
Fork MountainNNW 347°842 m9.4 mi
Grassy MountainN 354°806 m10.0 mi
Gill KnobN 11°806 m11.1 mi
Spring MountainN 357°799 m10.6 mi
Licklog MountainN 9°795 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:38
June solstice06:1120:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3316:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674777670594841
Precip in3.93.34.34.44.44.74.64.54.33.63.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lenoir, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8224931105

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