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Clanton Park

Clanton Park from directly overhead

Clanton Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Reid Neighborhood Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 22 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.20723, -80.88742
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Soundwave Art: 1.2 mi
  • Magic Carpet Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Furrow: 1.2 mi
  • Furrow: 1.3 mi
  • Furrow: 1.3 mi
Attractions
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.7 mi
  • Coal car: 3.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.1 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 4.4 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 4.6 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 35
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 7.1 mi
Peaks: 13
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 9.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.7 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
  • High Shoals: 22.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 7.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleW 270°520 m24.0 mi
Crowders MountainW 275°458 m22.0 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 296°375 m14.3 mi
Henry KnobWSW 257°344 m22.5 mi
Jackson KnobW 270°328 m16.0 mi
Reese MountainNW 320°325 m19.9 mi
Nanny MountainSW 233°299 m15.3 mi
Berry MountainW 277°281 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:2916:3717:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424653616977807973625145
Precip in3.53.14.03.83.44.03.74.43.73.23.33.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole32 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko13 obs
  • Green Treefrog13 obs
  • House Sparrow12 obs
  • Persian silk tree9 obs
  • eastern redbud9 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail9 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/511562018

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