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Central UMC Community Garden

Central UMC Community Garden from directly overhead

Central UMC Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is #42, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 16 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Central United Methodist Church

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.20145, -80.74151
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • #42: 0.6 mi
  • Ervin Building murals: 1.7 mi
  • Embrace: 1.9 mi
  • Sunflowers: 2.0 mi
  • Harry Potter mural: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Reddman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cedarwood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Albemarle Road Park: 0.9 mi
  • Campbell Creek Park: 1.0 mi
  • Winterfield Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Reedy Creek Nature Center: 4.3 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 5.1 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 5.1 mi
  • Coal car: 5.2 mi
  • Carl J. McEwen Historic Village: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 37
Nature reserves: 28
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
  • Sherman Branch Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
  • Providence Nature Preserve: 7.4 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Oakhurst Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Charlotte Rose Society Memorial Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Merry Oaks Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 20.3 mi
  • SHOAL: 23.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 13.0 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 288°375 m22.1 mi
Jackson KnobW 271°328 m24.3 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 247°299 m22.3 mi
Berry MountainW 275°281 m19.3 mi
Capps HillNW 312°244 m9.7 mi
Red HillSSE 151°228 m10.7 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 251°227 m21.7 mi
Polk MountainESE 111°205 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:41
September equinox07:1218:4819:21
December solstice07:2816:3617:15

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, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole19 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • cardinal flower16 obs
  • mock strawberry15 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake14 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider14 obs
  • American tuliptree13 obs
  • eastern poison ivy13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/918609254

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