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Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge

Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge from directly overhead

Cowans Ford Wildlife Refuge is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen's Road Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Millbridge Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.41236, -80.94896
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richard Barry Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
  • Arrington Pocket Park: 1.9 mi
  • Blythe Landing: 2.8 mi
  • Neck Road Access Area: 3.0 mi
  • McDowell Creek Greenway Trailhead: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Caboose: 6.1 mi
  • Camel Rides: 10.0 mi
  • Joust Tournaments: 10.0 mi
  • Sir Reel's Music Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Archery: 10.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 38
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 25
Peaks: 12
Rest areas: 6
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
  • I-40 Catawba Rest Area Eastbound MM 136: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 4.4 mi
  • SHOAL: 5.7 mi
  • SHOAL: 6.6 mi
  • South Point Beach: 18.0 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 14.3 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleSW 236°520 m24.9 mi
Anderson MountainNW 323°471 m13.3 mi
Crowders MountainSW 236°458 m22.2 mi
Little MountainNNW 331°409 m13.8 mi
Spencer MountainSW 230°375 m12.3 mi
Jackson KnobSW 221°328 m19.0 mi
Reese MountainW 277°325 m9.3 mi
Nanny MountainSSW 200°299 m25.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1020:0520:43
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
December solstice07:3016:3617:16

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, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • mayapple23 obs
  • star chickweed22 obs
  • round-lobed hepatica19 obs
  • Little Brown Jugs17 obs
  • bloodroot15 obs
  • Central Ratsnake14 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort13 obs
  • White-tailed Deer12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357799781

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