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Asheville Recreation Park

Asheville Recreation Park from directly overhead

Asheville Recreation Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 620 m. Rich Knob stands 1,500 m to the north-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Anne Patton Joyce Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 0.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
620 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.58095, -82.49346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Anne Patton Joyce Park: 0.3 mi
  • Haw Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Charlie L. Bullman Park: 1.6 mi
  • Murphy-Oakley Park: 1.7 mi
  • Kenilworth Forest Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lake Louise Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Reems Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Little Bearwallow Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Douglas Falls: 11.8 mi
Historic sites: 31
Gardens: 29
  • Shiloh Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Griffing Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Italian Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Spring Garden: 4.4 mi
Museums: 18
  • Asheville Art Museum: 3.4 mi
  • Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 3.4 mi
  • Bob Moog Foundation: 3.5 mi
  • Asheville Museum of Science: 3.5 mi
  • Asheville Pinball Museum: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 15
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 18.2 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 18.7 mi
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Picnic Site: 22.5 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 10.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 15.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Asheville Recreation Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobNNE 22°1,500 m7.3 mi
Wolfden KnobNNE 26°1,493 m7.8 mi
Bull MountainNNE 25°1,473 m7.5 mi
Rocky KnobNNE 22°1,433 m6.8 mi
Richland KnobNNE 19°1,429 m7.4 mi
Richland MountainNNE 19°1,429 m7.4 mi
Jesses High TopE 92°1,326 m7.7 mi
High SwanNNE 22°1,300 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0819:42
June solstice06:1620:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:28
December solstice07:3616:4217:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384248576572757468584841
Precip in3.32.93.53.73.53.44.13.63.72.63.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pharaoh Cicada264 obs
  • American Black Bear87 obs
  • striped wintergreen76 obs
  • American tuliptree70 obs
  • American pokeweed61 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel60 obs
  • Solomon's plume60 obs
  • winged euonymus60 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 node/357767444

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