Brown Bark Park
Brown Bark Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 266 m. Shepherd Mountain stands 356 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Hill Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Football Road passes 5.8 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Football Road
- 13.0 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Cascade Park: 0.4 mi
- Erskine Park: 0.6 mi
- Tanger Bicentennial Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Keeling Park: 0.7 mi
- Revolutionary War Patriots: 0.7 mi
- David Caldwell: 0.7 mi
- Guilford College Woods: 1.1 mi
- J. Wesley's Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Sunset Hills Centennial: 2.2 mi
- The Student: 0.6 mi
- Free to Soar: 0.7 mi
- Wings: 0.7 mi
- The Sundial: 0.7 mi
- On the Fence: 0.7 mi
- Greensboro Science Center: 2.6 mi
- Weatherspoon Art Museum: 3.4 mi
- Blandwood Mansion: 3.7 mi
- International Civil Rights Center & Museum: 3.9 mi
- Greensboro History Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Community Garden at FBC: 3.1 mi
- UNCG Garden: 3.1 mi
- Black Diamond Backyard: 3.3 mi
- Duneleith Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Ivy Gardens: 6.8 mi
- The Big Chair: 19.5 mi
- Railcar: 19.5 mi
- Mad Town Tubing: 20.9 mi
- Restored Caboose: 23.3 mi
- Wait Chapel: 23.9 mi
- Baux Mountain: 21.4 mi
- Cedder Mountain: 23.4 mi
- Caraway Mountain: 23.9 mi
- Piney Mountain: 24.2 mi
- Shepherd Mountain: 24.2 mi
- T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Provincetown Forest: 4.0 mi
- Pinecroft Lake Park: 4.5 mi
- Allen Jay Park: 12.7 mi
- Caraway Creek Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- Davidson County I-85 Southbound Rest Area: 23.3 mi
- Davidson County I-85 Northbount Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Shelter #4: 24.0 mi
- Shelter #2: 24.1 mi
- Shelter #1: 24.1 mi
- Shelter #3: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown Bark Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Mountain | SSW 193° | 356 m | 24.2 mi |
| Caraway Mountain | S 185° | 350 m | 23.9 mi |
| Back Creek Mountain | S 179° | 331 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cedder Mountain | NNW 348° | 308 m | 23.4 mi |
| Baux Mountain | WNW 295° | 299 m | 21.4 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 313° | 281 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greensboro WTP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard276 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel107 obs
- Northern Cardinal94 obs
- leatherleaf mahonia81 obs
- Great Blue Heron72 obs
- common jewelweed71 obs
- lesser celandine70 obs
- Canada Goose69 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/486669163
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