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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 232 m. Moores Knob stands 783 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Hill Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
232 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08181, -80.24040

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Happy Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.3 mi
  • Salem Square: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.6 mi
  • Granville Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
Artworks: 34
Museums: 25
Peaks: 13
  • Baux Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 17.7 mi
  • Flat Shoal Mountain: 20.4 mi
  • Stony Ridge: 20.7 mi
  • Cooks Wall Mountain: 20.7 mi
Gardens: 9
Attractions: 9
Nature reserves: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Shacktown Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Upper Casscades: 21.7 mi
  • Tise falls: 21.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Window Falls: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Springs: 1
  • Magnolia Springs: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moores KnobN 354°783 m22.0 mi
Pilot MountainNW 324°735 m22.1 mi
Cooks Wall MountainN 353°707 m20.7 mi
Sauratown MountainNNW 340°683 m21.5 mi
Hanging RockN 358°641 m21.7 mi
Cole Gap MountainN 356°616 m21.1 mi
Ruben MountainN 349°547 m21.5 mi
Flat Shoal MountainN 3°490 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2618:5919:33
June solstice06:0520:0420:42
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:2916:3117:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596875797771605043
Precip in3.42.93.63.73.83.64.24.53.93.33.13.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winston Salem Reynolds AP, 4 mi away.

  • red deadnettle43 obs
  • American Robin41 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake41 obs
  • common star-of-Bethlehem37 obs
  • ground-ivy29 obs
  • Northern Cardinal28 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel27 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle27 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/280478821

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