Catawba Wildflower Glen
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Catawba Wildflower Glen is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 199 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuffletown Prairie Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 1.1 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 18 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 24.2 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 26.3 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Water Bay Cumminty Park: 1.5 mi
- Northwoods Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Northwoods Community Park: 2.0 mi
- Shuffletown Park: 2.3 mi
- River Street Park: 2.6 mi
- "Shuffletown Hand": 2.3 mi
- Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 7.9 mi
- Reflections of Community: 8.0 mi
- Westside Unity: 8.2 mi
- Ascendus: 8.3 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 7.4 mi
- Caboose: 9.5 mi
- Coal car: 11.0 mi
- Graffiti Park: 11.0 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 11.1 mi
- River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock: 1.6 mi
- McIntyre Skirmish: 6.6 mi
- General Davidson Memorial Historic Site: 6.9 mi
- Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial: 8.9 mi
- Alexandriana Historic Site: 9.0 mi
- Latta Place: 3.1 mi
- Mount Holly Historical Society Museum: 3.2 mi
- Quest at Latta Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Millican Pictorial History Museum: 6.9 mi
- EnergyExplorium: 7.6 mi
- Shuffletown Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Rozzelles Ferry Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Mountain Island Educational State Forest: 3.4 mi
- Rural Hill Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Courtyard: 10.2 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 10.2 mi
- Memory Garden: 10.2 mi
- Capps Hill: 6.7 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Berry Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Reese Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Jackson Knob: 13.9 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 10.1 mi
- SHOAL: 11.2 mi
- SHOAL: 12.2 mi
- South Point Beach: 12.2 mi
- Sailing Beach: 16.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 14.9 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 17.5 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- High Shoals: 13.4 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 13.6 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Catawba Wildflower Glen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | WSW 246° | 520 m | 20.7 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | NNW 339° | 471 m | 17.4 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WSW 248° | 458 m | 18.1 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNW 344° | 409 m | 18.4 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WSW 253° | 375 m | 8.1 mi |
| Henry Knob | SW 230° | 344 m | 21.7 mi |
| Jackson Knob | SW 232° | 328 m | 13.9 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 311° | 325 m | 10.1 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 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/33298603
Day trips start here
- Huntersville · 9 mi
- Charlotte · 10 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 10 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 11 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 11 mi
- Charlotte/NoDa · 11 mi
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