Long Island N.C.
Long Island N.C. is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 238 m. Bald Knob stands 580 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island Access Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Millbridge Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1965
- Material
- granite
- Inscription
- This boulder commemorates the sight of Long Island Village and Cotton Mill built by Avery M. Powell and John J. Shufford about 1852 and was closed in 1959 due to the formation of the Lake Norman Reservoir at which time approximately 52 families earned the
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Island Access Area: 0.2 mi
- Sherrills Ford Optimist Park: 2.3 mi
- Mountain Creek Park: 5.3 mi
- Troutman Methodist playground park: 5.4 mi
- Pinnacle Access Area: 5.5 mi
- Little Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Anderson Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Lackey Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Reese Mountain: 18.8 mi
- Fowler Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Memory Lane Museum: 7.8 mi
- Vance House Museum: 8.5 mi
- JR Motorsports: 8.6 mi
- North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame: 8.9 mi
- Newton Depot Equipment Pavilion: 13.4 mi
- Iredell County Fairgrounds: 5.6 mi
- Queens Landing: 5.9 mi
- Balls Creek Campground: 7.3 mi
- Kerr Mill: 18.8 mi
- Caboose: 20.0 mi
- Allison Woods: 17.4 mi
- West Branch Nature Preserve: 19.2 mi
- Stephen's Road Nature Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Auten Nature Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Mountain Island Educational State Forest: 20.6 mi
- Early History: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Garden of Honor: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Balls Creek Campground: 7.4 mi
- Private George Rabb Confederate Memorial Park: 12.1 mi
- Waves III: 14.4 mi
- Spirit Waves Foutain: 14.5 mi
- The Group Of 10: 14.5 mi
- You: 14.5 mi
- Untitled: 14.5 mi
- I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 8.8 mi
- I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 9.0 mi
- I-77 Iredell County Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Observation Deck: 23.9 mi
- Town of Catawba Veterans Garden of Honor: 5.7 mi
- Private Garden: 17.9 mi
- Community Garden: 24.6 mi
- SHOAL: 11.8 mi
- SHOAL: 12.8 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 15.4 mi
- High Shoals: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Island N.C.. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NW 311° | 580 m | 21.5 mi |
| Barrett Mountain | NW 312° | 569 m | 19.7 mi |
| Asbury Mountain | N 351° | 554 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rocky Face | NNW 341° | 554 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bakers Mountain | W 267° | 535 m | 23.9 mi |
| Fox Mountain | N 357° | 529 m | 22.2 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 335° | 526 m | 21.9 mi |
| Shumaker Mountain | N 359° | 523 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:06 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catawba 5 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8199059134
Day trips start here
- Mooresville · 12 mi
- Davidson · 14 mi
- Cornelius · 15 mi
- Hickory · 20 mi
- Huntersville · 20 mi
- Kannapolis · 24 mi
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