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River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock

River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock from directly overhead

River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock is a historic site in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 216 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Northwoods Community Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 18 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Boulder that wishes classmates Happy Birthday

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Happy Birthday Classmates
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.30785, -80.97838
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Northwoods Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Northwoods Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • River Street Park: 1.6 mi
  • Coulwood Hills Park: 2.0 mi
  • Linear Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • F-4 Phantom II: 5.8 mi
  • Coal car: 10.1 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 10.2 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 10.4 mi
  • Caboose: 10.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 37
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 28
Peaks: 14
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 11.6 mi
  • SHOAL: 12.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 13.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.8 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 13.7 mi
  • High Shoals: 14.0 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 14.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWSW 250°520 m20.1 mi
Anderson MountainNNW 341°471 m19.0 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 253°458 m17.6 mi
Little MountainNNW 345°409 m19.9 mi
Spencer MountainW 265°375 m7.8 mi
Henry KnobSW 234°344 m20.7 mi
Jackson KnobWSW 237°328 m12.9 mi
Reese MountainNW 318°325 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0520:43
September equinox07:1318:4919:22
December solstice07:3016:3717:16

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/5289646327

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