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Auten Nature Preserve

Auten Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Auten Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Neck Road Access Area, a park 0.9 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
228 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.38278, -80.93146
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Caboose: 5.4 mi
  • Joust Tournaments: 9.5 mi
  • Camel Rides: 9.5 mi
  • Sir Reel's Music Pavilion: 9.6 mi
  • Archery: 9.6 mi
Historic sites: 53
Museums: 32
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 29
Peaks: 12
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 5.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 7.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 8.8 mi
  • South Point Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 15.3 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Auten Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWSW 241°520 m24.7 mi
Anderson MountainNW 325°471 m15.5 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 242°458 m22.0 mi
Little MountainNNW 331°409 m16.1 mi
Spencer MountainWSW 240°375 m11.9 mi
Jackson KnobSW 228°328 m18.2 mi
Reese MountainWNW 287°325 m10.7 mi
Nanny MountainSSW 204°299 m23.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0520:43
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:3016:3617:16

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, 11 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • bloodroot64 obs
  • mayapple50 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs49 obs
  • Curlyheads37 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail36 obs
  • Green Anole34 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel34 obs
  • Central Ratsnake32 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/565639035

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