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Rozzelles Ferry Nature Preserve

Rozzelles Ferry Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Rozzelles Ferry Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Water Bay Cumminty Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 19 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.34881, -80.96938
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stone Water Bay Cumminty Park: 0.4 mi
  • Latta Place: 2.2 mi
  • Neck Road Access Area: 2.5 mi
  • Shuffletown Park: 2.7 mi
  • Northwoods Community Park: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Caboose: 8.4 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 8.5 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 11.3 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 11.4 mi
  • Coal car: 11.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
Museums: 37
  • Latta Place: 2.2 mi
  • Quest at Latta Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Holly Historical Society Museum: 4.5 mi
  • EnergyExplorium: 6.3 mi
  • Millican Pictorial History Museum: 8.2 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Catawba Wildflower Glen: 1.3 mi
  • Shuffletown Prairie Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
  • Cowan's Ford Wildlife Refuge: 1.9 mi
  • Rural Hill Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Island Educational State Forest: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 28
  • Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Memory Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Courtyard: 10.8 mi
  • Wilmore Community Garden: 10.9 mi
Peaks: 13
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 8.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 10.0 mi
  • SHOAL: 10.9 mi
  • South Point Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 15.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 18.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 13.5 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 17.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWSW 243°520 m21.7 mi
Anderson MountainNNW 336°471 m16.5 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 245°458 m19.1 mi
Little MountainNNW 341°409 m17.4 mi
Spencer MountainWSW 247°375 m9.0 mi
Henry KnobSW 229°344 m22.9 mi
Jackson KnobSW 229°328 m15.1 mi
Reese MountainNW 304°325 m9.8 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 solstice07:3016:3617:16

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1212577360

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