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Confederate States Navy Yard Marker

Confederate States Navy Yard Marker from directly overhead

Confederate States Navy Yard Marker is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Inscription
Confederate States Navy Yard 1862-1865
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.23530, -80.84652
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.1 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.7 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 2.7 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 3.0 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.1 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Peaks: 10
Rest areas: 3
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.8 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 3
  • South Point Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
  • High Shoals: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 10.5 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Confederate States Navy Yard Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW458 m24.3 mi
Spencer MountainWNW375 m15.8 mi
Jackson KnobW328 m18.4 mi
Reese MountainNW325 m20.1 mi
Nanny MountainSW299 m18.3 mi
Berry MountainW281 m13.3 mi
Gamble HillW263 m24.4 mi
Capps HillNNW244 m4.3 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7087150305

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