Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden
Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden is a garden in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 250 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rotary Centennial Pavilion, a park 0.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 5.9 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 23.1 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 29.6 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rotary Centennial Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- North Park: 0.4 mi
- Erwin Park: 0.7 mi
- Firestone Field: 0.8 mi
- Sims Legion Park: 1.1 mi
- Russel McConnel Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 13.9 mi
- "Shuffletown Hand": 14.2 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 14.7 mi
- Ascendus: 15.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 12.9 mi
- METALmorphosis: 15.6 mi
- Hurler: 17.6 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 17.6 mi
- Fury 325: 17.6 mi
- Rhodes Drive: 3.3 mi
- Tryon Resolves: 9.2 mi
- River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock: 12.0 mi
- Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd: 13.8 mi
- Major Willian Chronicle: 13.8 mi
- American Military Museum: 0.4 mi
- Schiele Museum: 1.7 mi
- Gaston County Museum: 3.5 mi
- Millican Pictorial History Museum: 8.5 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland: 5.2 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 10.2 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 11.4 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Catawba Wildflower Glen: 12.5 mi
- Jackson Knob: 4.2 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Gamble Hill: 5.4 mi
- Crowders Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Berry Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 9.9 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Courtyard: 18.7 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- South Point Beach: 12.4 mi
- Sailing Beach: 13.5 mi
- SHOAL: 20.0 mi
- SHOAL: 20.9 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.1 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- High Shoals: 9.1 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | WSW 241° | 520 m | 8.2 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | NNE 14° | 471 m | 21.5 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WSW 246° | 458 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNE 16° | 409 m | 23.1 mi |
| Hog Hill | NNW 335° | 391 m | 23.7 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | ENE 61° | 375 m | 4.5 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | WSW 244° | 356 m | 20.0 mi |
| Henry Knob | SSW 208° | 344 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gastonia, 2 mi away.
- Green Anole27 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle14 obs
- Northern Cardinal12 obs
- white clover12 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail12 obs
- southern magnolia11 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake10 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/881068090
Day trips start here
- Charlotte · 19 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 19 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 19 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 19 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 20 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 21 mi
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