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Battle of Ramsour's Mill

Battle of Ramsour's Mill from directly overhead

Battle of Ramsour's Mill is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Benn Knob stands 882 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is City Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 16 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.47670, -81.26683
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • City Park: 0.8 mi
  • Betty G. Ross Park: 1.2 mi
  • Highland Drive Park: 3.0 mi
  • High Shoals Park Ii: 6.3 mi
  • South Neighborhood Park: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 45
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 26
Nature reserves: 14
Artworks: 12
  • Russel McConnel Memorial: 16.6 mi
  • Historic Beginnings: 18.2 mi
  • Martin Luther: 18.5 mi
  • "Shuffletown Hand": 21.4 mi
  • Spirit Waves Foutain: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • High Shoals: 6.6 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Little River Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Upper High Shoals Falls: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Balls Creek Campground: 14.2 mi
  • Queens Landing: 20.8 mi
  • Lake Hickory Attractions: 22.1 mi
  • Caboose: 24.4 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Observation Deck: 14.9 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 18.9 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 3
  • SHOAL: 17.0 mi
  • SHOAL: 17.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battle of Ramsour's Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Benn KnobWNW 286°882 m23.0 mi
Rich MountainWNW 287°818 m23.8 mi
Painter KnobWNW 286°807 m22.4 mi
Dogwood Stamp MountainWNW 290°771 m22.0 mi
Printers KnobWNW 284°698 m22.7 mi
Chestnut KnobWNW 294°695 m23.0 mi
High RockWNW 287°677 m21.0 mi
Simms HillWNW 297°637 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:37
June solstice06:1120:0720:44
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3116:3717:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606775787771605043
Precip in3.93.54.54.34.24.34.14.94.23.83.84.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • DeKay's Brownsnake8 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider5 obs
  • North American Luna Moth4 obs
  • American pokeweed4 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel3 obs
  • American sweetgum3 obs
  • lyreleaf sage3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/549666584

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