Morris Field
Morris Field is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Southwest Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 20 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 24.3 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Southwest Park: 0.8 mi
- Wingate Park: 1.4 mi
- Amay James Park: 1.4 mi
- Reid Neighborhood Park: 1.6 mi
- Pressley Road Park: 2.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 2.5 mi
- METALmorphosis: 3.8 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 4.8 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.3 mi
- Coal car: 5.9 mi
- Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Camp Greene Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker: 3.1 mi
- Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212: 3.4 mi
- Our Children's Memorial Walkway: 4.4 mi
- Ascendus: 1.1 mi
- Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 1.5 mi
- Queen's Park sign: 2.9 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 3.0 mi
- Furrow: 3.1 mi
- The James C. Dowd House: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 4.6 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 4.7 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 4.7 mi
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art: 4.8 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Courtyard: 4.2 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Capps Hill: 7.1 mi
- Berry Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 13.4 mi
- South Point Beach: 5.7 mi
- Sailing Beach: 9.5 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 18.1 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 18.7 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
- High Shoals: 20.4 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 5.7 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 6.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morris Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | W 271° | 520 m | 21.7 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | W 276° | 458 m | 19.8 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 301° | 375 m | 12.4 mi |
| Henry Knob | WSW 256° | 344 m | 20.2 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 271° | 328 m | 13.8 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 326° | 325 m | 18.7 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 228° | 299 m | 13.4 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 281° | 281 m | 8.9 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 | 20:05 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13645924712
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/South End · 4 mi
- Charlotte · 5 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 5 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 5 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 5 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 6 mi
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