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Alexander Street Park

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Alexander Street Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Coal car, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.22757, -80.82663

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Coal car: 0.2 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.1 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 2.2 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.6 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • Insects: 0.2 mi
  • Motorcycle mural: 0.2 mi
  • Halcyon Idyll II: 0.4 mi
  • Coexist: 0.4 mi
  • Halcyon Idyll I: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Little Peoples Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sixteenth Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • First Ward Park: 0.5 mi
  • John Montgomery Belk Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Gandhi Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 0.7 mi
  • CMPD Fallen Officers Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Mahatma Gandhi: 0.7 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.8 mi
  • Aspire: 0.8 mi
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
  • McGill Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.8 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.6 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 10.7 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 287°375 m17.0 mi
Jackson KnobW 266°328 m19.5 mi
Reese MountainNW 311°325 m21.3 mi
Nanny MountainSW 236°299 m18.9 mi
Berry MountainW 270°281 m14.4 mi
Capps HillNNW 333°244 m5.2 mi
Red HillSE 138°228 m15.0 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 240°227 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:16

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, 7 mi away.

  • Green Anole102 obs
  • American Robin86 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle71 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel69 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird61 obs
  • House Sparrow57 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee57 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake48 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/552739180

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