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Westside Unity

Westside Unity from directly overhead

Westside Unity is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lakewood Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
concrete

How to reach it

Coordinates35.24769, -80.87616

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 3.0 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 3.4 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 4.0 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 4.2 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves: 29
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • Shuffletown Prairie Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Courtyard: 2.0 mi
  • Wilmore Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 12
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 15.0 mi
  • SHOAL: 17.7 mi
  • SHOAL: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.0 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
  • High Shoals: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 10.6 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleW 264°520 m24.8 mi
Crowders MountainW 267°458 m22.6 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 284°375 m13.9 mi
Henry KnobWSW 250°344 m23.9 mi
Jackson KnobW 260°328 m16.9 mi
Reese MountainNW 313°325 m18.3 mi
Nanny MountainSW 227°299 m17.6 mi
Berry MountainW 263°281 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1332556957

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