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Community Garden

Community Garden from directly overhead

Community Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Anderson Mountain stands 471 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarks Creek Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 15 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates35.35029, -80.80981

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clarks Creek Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Alexandriana Park: 0.9 mi
  • The Green at Prosperity Village: 1.6 mi
  • Prosperity Park: 2.9 mi
  • Thereasea Clark Elder Park: 3.1 mi
Attractions
  • Caboose: 4.6 mi
  • Joust Tournaments: 5.7 mi
  • Camel Rides: 5.8 mi
  • Sir Reel's Music Pavilion: 5.8 mi
  • Voyage to the New World: 5.9 mi
Artworks
Museums: 33
Nature reserves: 28
Gardens: 27
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 9.4 mi
  • SHOAL: 13.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 13.8 mi
  • South Point Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 14.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 16.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 22.3 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anderson MountainNW 314°471 m21.7 mi
Little MountainNW 318°409 m21.9 mi
Spencer MountainWSW 258°375 m17.6 mi
Jackson KnobWSW 244°328 m22.7 mi
Reese MountainWNW 288°325 m17.9 mi
Berry MountainWSW 241°281 m17.6 mi
Capps HillSW 221°244 m5.1 mi
Red HillSSE 155°228 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:0920:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:15

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.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail47 obs
  • Monarch44 obs
  • chicory39 obs
  • Central Ratsnake38 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk37 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird37 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird37 obs
  • common milkweed34 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/813219938

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