Carbon City Park
Carbon City Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 324 m. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the south, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Freedom Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 10.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 15 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 17 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 17 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Freedom Park: 1.6 mi
- Shuey Park: 1.6 mi
- Oak Hill Community Park & Forest: 2.1 mi
- Glen Alpine Downtown Park: 2.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 2.6 mi
- Keller Knob: 5.3 mi
- Roper Knob: 5.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Burkemont Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Kaylor Knob: 6.1 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- McGalliard Falls: 9.8 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 10.6 mi
- Sally Queen Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Four Trumpets: 16.5 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 16.6 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 16.8 mi
- Across the Grain: 16.8 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 3.0 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 3.1 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 3.3 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 9.9 mi
- Marion Train Depot: 15.6 mi
- Something Rotten: 8.7 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 8.8 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 8.8 mi
- Wild Percussion: 8.9 mi
- Hide & Seek: 8.9 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 2.8 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 3.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 15.5 mi
- The McDowell's and The Carson's: 17.3 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.6 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 16.9 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 16.9 mi
- Observation Deck: 19.3 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 3.2 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 4.5 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 20.5 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 21.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- Swimming beach: 7.9 mi
- Boat beach: 7.9 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.3 mi
- Fox Den: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 11.1 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Community Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 22.4 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 11.3 mi
- Gully Pipe: 11.4 mi
- Mortimer: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Carbon City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | S 186° | 918 m | 8.3 mi |
| Shortoff Mountain | NW 310° | 915 m | 11.4 mi |
| Hickory Knob | S 179° | 907 m | 8.0 mi |
| Propst Mountain | S 186° | 905 m | 8.1 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | S 182° | 901 m | 7.9 mi |
| Walker Top | S 170° | 886 m | 6.3 mi |
| Benn Knob | SSE 159° | 882 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | S 169° | 874 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel11 obs
- Little Sweet Betsy10 obs
- cross vine8 obs
- American pokeweed7 obs
- red deadnettle7 obs
- Canada Goose6 obs
- Monarch6 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail6 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/33106616
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 23 mi
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