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Amay James Park

Amay James Park from directly overhead

Amay James Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 197 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Reid Neighborhood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 22 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.20112, -80.90227
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Reid Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pressley Road Park: 0.7 mi
  • Clanton Park: 0.9 mi
  • Wingate Park: 1.0 mi
  • Southwest Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Queen's Park sign: 1.6 mi
  • Furrow: 1.7 mi
  • Furrow: 1.7 mi
  • Furrow: 1.7 mi
  • Furrow: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Gainseville Midland: 3.4 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 3.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.2 mi
  • METALmorphosis: 4.3 mi
  • Coal car: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
  • Iswa Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 13
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 18.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 5.5 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 8.7 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 24.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Long Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • High Shoals: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 7.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleW 271°520 m23.2 mi
Crowders MountainW 276°458 m21.2 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 299°375 m13.7 mi
Henry KnobWSW 257°344 m21.6 mi
Jackson KnobW 271°328 m15.2 mi
Reese MountainNW 323°325 m19.7 mi
Nanny MountainSW 232°299 m14.4 mi
Berry MountainW 280°281 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:2916:3717:16

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole15 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail11 obs
  • Persian silk tree10 obs
  • Great Blue Heron9 obs
  • River Cooter9 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk8 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko8 obs
  • American sweetgum8 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/511517119

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