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Beatty's Ford Park

Beatty's Ford Park from directly overhead

Beatty's Ford Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Anderson Mountain stands 471 m to the northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is SHOAL, a beach 0.9 miles away. Millbridge Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
231 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lincoln County Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.48187, -80.95693
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Black Trailer Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rescue Squad Park: 2.3 mi
  • East Lincoln Park: 2.5 mi
  • East Lincoln Optimist Club: 2.6 mi
  • Jetton Park: 3.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 51
Museums: 40
Attractions: 31
  • Caboose: 8.1 mi
  • Queens Landing: 8.5 mi
  • Camel Rides: 11.0 mi
  • Joust Tournaments: 11.1 mi
  • Trebuchet: 11.1 mi
Gardens: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Peaks: 11
Rest areas: 5
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 19.4 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Westbound MM 136: 19.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.5 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 25.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • SHOAL: 0.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 1.8 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 3.3 mi
  • South Point Beach: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 15.0 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 19.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anderson MountainNW 308°471 m9.5 mi
Crowders MountainSW 226°458 m24.9 mi
Little MountainNW 319°409 m9.6 mi
Hog HillWNW 286°391 m23.9 mi
Spencer MountainSW 215°375 m15.6 mi
Youngs MountainNE 44°334 m24.8 mi
Jackson KnobSSW 212°328 m22.5 mi
Reese MountainWSW 247°325 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0520:43
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:3016:3617:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606876797771615143
Precip in3.73.14.23.84.14.24.24.84.03.33.53.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Catawba 5 SW, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Loon16 obs
  • Bonaparte's Gull11 obs
  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull8 obs
  • Dunlin6 obs
  • Merlin6 obs
  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • Horned Grebe5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/881785251

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