Cane Creek Park
Cane Creek Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Red Hill stands 228 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Alphabet Museum at JAARS, a museum 4.2 miles away. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Union County Parks & Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Charlotte Eagles Soccer Complex: 5.2 mi
- Mineral Springs Park: 6.7 mi
- Waxhaw Downtown Park: 7.0 mi
- Dare Steele Garden: 7.0 mi
- Buford Battle Ground Monument: 7.1 mi
- Big Rock: 17.7 mi
- Arch: 17.9 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Spirit of Nature: 7.0 mi
- AKHS Rock: 15.7 mi
- YMCA Decorative Overhang: 16.6 mi
- The Hawk: 17.5 mi
- Torsion Sphere: 17.6 mi
- Andrew Jackson Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Boy of the Waxhaws: 7.6 mi
- Lancaster County Confederate Monument: 9.9 mi
- Lancaster Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Memorial Flag: 13.9 mi
- The Alphabet Museum at JAARS: 4.2 mi
- Mexico-Cárdenas Museum: 4.2 mi
- Museum of the Waxhaws: 6.6 mi
- Lancaster Historic Courthouse: 9.9 mi
- Lancaster & Chester Railway Depot: 10.1 mi
- Forty Acre Rock: 14.4 mi
- Red Hill: 15.8 mi
- Jumping Hills: 21.7 mi
- Polk Mountain: 23.4 mi
- Thorn Hill: 23.7 mi
- Flat Branch Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
- Big Rock Nature Reserve: 17.7 mi
- Providence Nature Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Anne Springs Close Greenway: 18.8 mi
- Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 20.9 mi
- Anna'a Garden: 17.6 mi
- Lower School Garden: 17.7 mi
- Matthews UMC Genesis Garden: 19.0 mi
- Matthews Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- Good Shepherd Community Garden: 19.9 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 22.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.9 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cane Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | N 5° | 228 m | 15.8 mi |
| Polk Mountain | NE 42° | 205 m | 23.4 mi |
| Forty Acre Rock | SE 145° | 183 m | 14.4 mi |
| Jumping Hills | ESE 117° | 183 m | 21.7 mi |
| Becky Hill | E 83° | 163 m | 24.8 mi |
| Thorn Hill | S 176° | 156 m | 23.7 mi |
| Hebron Hill | ESE 120° | 150 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe AP, 13 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle103 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- Canada Goose25 obs
- Eastern Bluebird25 obs
- Carolina Chickadee20 obs
- American sweetgum16 obs
- Green Anole15 obs
- striped wintergreen13 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/38586954
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 24 mi
- Charlotte/East Charlotte · 26 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 26 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 27 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 27 mi
- Charlotte · 28 mi
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