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McGill Rose Garden

McGill Rose Garden from directly overhead

McGill Rose Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal car, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 18 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.22989, -80.82770
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Coal car: 0.0 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.0 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 2.1 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • Motorcycle mural: 0.0 mi
  • Coexist: 0.3 mi
  • Halcyon Idyll II: 0.3 mi
  • Insects: 0.3 mi
  • Halcyon Idyll I: 0.3 mi
Parks
Historic sites: 55
  • CMPD Fallen Officers Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 0.8 mi
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.9 mi
  • Aspire: 0.9 mi
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.4 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Belmont Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.8 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 2.0 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.7 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.0 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.5 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 10.7 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 286°375 m16.9 mi
Jackson KnobW 265°328 m19.5 mi
Reese MountainNW 310°325 m21.1 mi
Nanny MountainSW 235°299 m18.9 mi
Berry MountainW 269°281 m14.4 mi
Capps HillNNW 332°244 m5.0 mi
Red HillSE 138°228 m15.2 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 240°227 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole98 obs
  • American Robin77 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle58 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel53 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird51 obs
  • House Sparrow50 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake42 obs
  • American Bird Grasshopper38 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/435536532

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