Briarwood Park
Briarwood Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 233 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastway Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 15 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 25.0 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Rolling Kansas Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastway Park: 0.5 mi
- Unity Park: 0.8 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 0.9 mi
- Howie Acres Park: 1.1 mi
- Julian Underwood Park: 1.2 mi
- Disc Golf Mural: 2.0 mi
- Ascension: 2.1 mi
- garden statue: 2.2 mi
- NoDa Cloud Wall: 2.2 mi
- GMEC mural: 2.9 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 2.2 mi
- Reedy Creek Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Graffiti Park: 3.0 mi
- Hodges Family Farm: 3.7 mi
- Coal car: 3.9 mi
- Mecklenburg County WWII Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Robinson Rock House Ruin: 3.4 mi
- Bonnie Cone Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Arhelger Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Gloria Victus Monument: 4.4 mi
- Charlotte Museum of History: 1.6 mi
- Rosedale House: 2.2 mi
- Levine Museum of the New South: 4.5 mi
- Discovery Place: 4.6 mi
- Bank of America Heritage Center: 4.7 mi
- 4 square garden: 2.2 mi
- Lake, Simpson, Dixon Gardens Sign: 2.2 mi
- Rosedale Arbor: 2.2 mi
- Merry Oaks Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Belmont Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 3.9 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Sherman Branch Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Capps Hill: 6.4 mi
- Red Hill: 14.7 mi
- Berry Mountain: 17.9 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 19.9 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 22.0 mi
- South Point Beach: 15.4 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.3 mi
- Sailing Beach: 18.9 mi
- SHOAL: 19.8 mi
- SHOAL: 20.5 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.6 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 14.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Briarwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Mountain | W 278° | 375 m | 19.9 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 262° | 328 m | 23.1 mi |
| Reese Mountain | WNW 301° | 325 m | 22.8 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 237° | 299 m | 22.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 264° | 281 m | 17.9 mi |
| Capps Hill | WNW 295° | 244 m | 6.4 mi |
| Red Hill | SSE 153° | 228 m | 14.7 mi |
| Barnett Mountain | WSW 240° | 227 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:36 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 11 mi away.
- Green Anole21 obs
- Common Box Turtle16 obs
- lesser celandine16 obs
- American sweetgum13 obs
- American burnweed13 obs
- Seven-spotted Lady Beetle12 obs
- ground-ivy11 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/511591920
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/NoDa · 2 mi
- Charlotte/North Charlotte · 2 mi
- Charlotte/University City · 3 mi
- Charlotte/East Charlotte · 4 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 4 mi
- Charlotte/Plaza-Midwood · 4 mi
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