Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212 is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Jane Parks McDowell Marker, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 21 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- The plane was buried somewhere in the forest here, by a farmer who owned the land.
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 26.0 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Springfield Park: 1.4 mi
- Yorkmont Park: 1.5 mi
- Renaissance Park: 1.8 mi
- Ramblewood District Park: 2.2 mi
- Berewick Regional Park: 3.3 mi
- METALmorphosis: 1.3 mi
- Fury 325: 3.5 mi
- Hurler: 3.5 mi
- The Grand Carousel: 3.5 mi
- Carolina Cyclone: 3.6 mi
- Maersk Anchor: 1.2 mi
- Levitation: 1.2 mi
- Flash: 1.2 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 1.9 mi
- Canopy: 1.9 mi
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker: 0.4 mi
- Morris Field: 3.4 mi
- Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial: 3.7 mi
- Isaac Newton Alexander Grist Mill: 5.1 mi
- Camp Greene Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Charlotte Museum of Nature: 5.2 mi
- The James C. Dowd House: 5.5 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 6.4 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 6.5 mi
- NASCAR Hall of Fame: 6.6 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 7.5 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Wing Haven: 5.1 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Courtyard: 6.1 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Berry Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Capps Hill: 10.2 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Jackson Knob: 14.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sailing Beach: 7.6 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.5 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- High Shoals: 22.9 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 2.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 5.2 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 3.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | W 280° | 520 m | 22.1 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WNW 285° | 458 m | 20.5 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NW 313° | 375 m | 14.6 mi |
| Henry Knob | W 266° | 344 m | 19.7 mi |
| Jackson Knob | WNW 285° | 328 m | 14.3 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NNW 331° | 325 m | 21.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 241° | 299 m | 11.4 mi |
| Berry Mountain | WNW 300° | 281 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
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 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12071941604
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 6 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 6 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 6 mi
- Charlotte · 7 mi
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 7 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 7 mi
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