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Stephen's Road Nature Preserve

Stephen's Road Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Stephen's Road Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 201 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge, a park 0.9 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.40000, -80.94957
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Caboose: 6.1 mi
  • Camel Rides: 10.2 mi
  • Joust Tournaments: 10.2 mi
  • Sir Reel's Music Pavilion: 10.3 mi
  • Archery: 10.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 40
Gardens: 29
Nature reserves: 26
Peaks: 12
Rest areas: 6
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 19.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 22.1 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 24.6 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 5.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 6.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 7.4 mi
  • South Point Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 14.2 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWSW 237°520 m24.4 mi
Anderson MountainNW 326°471 m14.0 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 238°458 m21.8 mi
Little MountainNNW 333°409 m14.5 mi
Spencer MountainSW 233°375 m11.7 mi
Jackson KnobSW 223°328 m18.3 mi
Reese MountainWNW 282°325 m9.4 mi
Nanny MountainSSW 201°299 m24.2 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, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
  • mayapple24 obs
  • star chickweed22 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica19 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs18 obs
  • Central Ratsnake16 obs
  • bloodroot15 obs
  • wild comfrey15 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/512706027

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