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Confederate Soldier Monument

Confederate Soldier Monument from directly overhead

Confederate Soldier Monument is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Dogwood Stamp Mountain stands 771 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Catawba County Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. South Mountain Scenery passes 29 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Inscription
TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / OF / CATAWBA COUNTY / 1861 – 65
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66340, -81.22215
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Yount Park: 0.1 mi
  • Newton Recreation Center: 0.2 mi
  • East Newton Park: 0.7 mi
  • Westside Jaycee Park: 1.0 mi
  • Little Brook Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 27
  • Martin Luther: 7.9 mi
  • Historic Beginnings: 8.2 mi
  • Hiddenite Arts & Heritage Center's Educational Complex: 18.1 mi
  • Spirit Waves Foutain: 24.0 mi
  • Waves III: 24.0 mi
Museums: 24
Historic sites: 13
Waterfalls: 9
  • Granite Falls: 14.2 mi
  • High Shoals: 18.5 mi
  • McGalliard Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Little River Falls: 22.8 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 6.8 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 7.0 mi
  • Observation Deck: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 3
  • SHOAL: 18.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 18.6 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 22.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Peninsula: 19.8 mi
  • Fox Den: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Confederate Soldier Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dogwood Stamp MountainWSW 257°771 m23.9 mi
Hickory KnobNNW 345°769 m23.8 mi
Walnut KnobNNW 348°759 m24.1 mi
Cox KnobNNW 341°728 m23.2 mi
Chestnut KnobW 261°695 m23.7 mi
High RockWSW 254°677 m23.6 mi
Hibriten MountainNW 318°674 m22.5 mi
Simms HillW 265°637 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:37
June solstice06:1020:0720:45
September equinox07:1418:5019:23
December solstice07:3216:3617:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606876797771615143
Precip in3.73.14.23.84.14.24.24.84.03.33.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catawba 5 SW, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6747086420

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