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Albemarle Road Park

Albemarle Road Park from directly overhead

Albemarle Road Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Central UMC Community Garden, a garden 0.9 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 16 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.19534, -80.72667

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cedarwood Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mayerling Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
  • Reddman Park: 1.4 mi
  • Campbell Creek Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mason Wallace Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • #42: 1.5 mi
  • Embrace: 2.1 mi
  • Ervin Building murals: 2.6 mi
  • Sunflowers: 2.8 mi
  • Ascension: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Carl J. McEwen Historic Village: 4.4 mi
  • Reedy Creek Nature Center: 4.6 mi
  • Hodges Family Farm: 5.6 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 6.0 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 37
Nature reserves: 28
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 2.8 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
  • Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
  • Sherman Branch Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
  • Providence Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
Gardens: 27
  • Central UMC Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Oakhurst Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Charlotte Rose Society Memorial Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Merry Oaks Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Matthews Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 14.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 4
  • South Point Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.0 mi
  • SHOAL: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 13.6 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 288°375 m23.0 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 249°299 m22.9 mi
Berry MountainW 276°281 m20.2 mi
Capps HillNW 310°244 m10.6 mi
Red HillSSE 154°228 m9.9 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 252°227 m22.4 mi
Polk MountainESE 111°205 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0119:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:41
September equinox07:1218:4819:21
December solstice07:2816:3617:15

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, 13 mi away.

  • Green Anole15 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake13 obs
  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • eastern poison ivy10 obs
  • mock strawberry10 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider9 obs
  • Field madder8 obs
  • White-marked Tussock Moth8 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/435414026

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