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Lower School Garden

Lower School Garden from directly overhead

Lower School Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 204 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Anna'a Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 24 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Charlotte Latin School

How to reach it

Coordinates35.08084, -80.77360

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Torsion Sphere: 0.1 mi
  • Fractured Globe: 0.1 mi
  • Art Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Olympic Rings: 0.1 mi
  • The Hawk: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • McKee Community Park: 1.4 mi
  • The Links Rea Farms Park: 1.9 mi
  • The Terrace: 2.1 mi
  • Hellenic Park: 2.2 mi
  • Colonel Francis J. Beatty Regional Park: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Big Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Arch: 4.7 mi
  • Arch: 4.7 mi
  • Arch: 4.7 mi
  • Arch: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 27
  • Providence Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
  • Flat Branch Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Big Rock Nature Reserve: 3.4 mi
  • Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 25
Peaks: 8
Rest areas: 2
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 2
  • South Point Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainNW 308°375 m24.4 mi
Jackson KnobWNW 291°328 m24.1 mi
Nanny MountainW 269°299 m18.6 mi
Berry MountainWNW 300°281 m20.2 mi
Capps HillNNW 340°244 m15.7 mi
Red HillE 98°228 m7.1 mi
Barnett MountainW 273°227 m18.7 mi
Polk MountainE 88°205 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:41
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2816:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616976807872625145
Precip in3.02.83.22.92.93.73.63.83.23.02.93.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe AP, 10 mi away.

  • Eastern Bluebird51 obs
  • Northern Cardinal48 obs
  • American sweetgum45 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel38 obs
  • White-tailed Deer37 obs
  • Green Anole36 obs
  • Chipping Sparrow31 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow27 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 node/11404292321

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