Creft Park
Creft Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 172 m. Red Hill stands 228 m to the northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Don Griffin Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 26 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 26.4 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 26.4 mi off the Grassy Island Crossing
- 28.9 mi off the Pee Dee Valley Drive
Named places within 25 miles
- Don Griffin Park: 0.3 mi
- Winchester Avenue Community Facility Center: 0.4 mi
- Belk Tonowonda Park: 0.6 mi
- Dickerson Park: 1.3 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.4 mi
- Ancient Wisdom: 11.7 mi
- Time Further Out: 12.1 mi
- Spirit of Nature: 12.4 mi
- Blue & White Armchair: 13.0 mi
- Blended Joy: 13.2 mi
- Carl J. McEwen Historic Village: 14.4 mi
- Big Rock: 16.9 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Arch: 18.0 mi
- Cemetary Bell: 4.5 mi
- Memorial Flag: 4.5 mi
- The Gate: 5.5 mi
- Stumptown Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- North Carolina Korean War Memorial: 14.1 mi
- Monroe Science Center: 0.7 mi
- Jesse Helms Center: 5.2 mi
- Hinson Art Museum: 5.4 mi
- Marshville Museum & Cultural Center: 9.8 mi
- Museum of the Waxhaws: 11.9 mi
- Matthews UMC Genesis Garden: 13.3 mi
- Matthews Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Anna'a Garden: 14.5 mi
- Lower School Garden: 14.5 mi
- Good Shepherd Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Providence Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Flat Branch Nature Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Belk Scout Camp: 14.9 mi
- Big Rock Nature Reserve: 16.9 mi
- Red Hill: 8.0 mi
- Polk Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Rebel Hill: 15.8 mi
- Becky Hill: 18.7 mi
- Gordon Mountain: 20.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 23.5 mi
- Minden: 23.3 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Creft Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NW 311° | 228 m | 8.0 mi |
| Polk Mountain | NE 49° | 205 m | 10.7 mi |
| Gordon Mountain | ESE 106° | 202 m | 20.0 mi |
| Rebel Hill | ENE 67° | 185 m | 15.8 mi |
| Forty Acre Rock | S 178° | 183 m | 22.3 mi |
| Jumping Hills | SSE 150° | 183 m | 23.6 mi |
| Becky Hill | ESE 114° | 163 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:36 | 17:15 |
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 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe 2 SE, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer69 obs
- Common Raccoon44 obs
- Coyote29 obs
- Great Blue Heron17 obs
- Virginia Opossum14 obs
- North American River Otter12 obs
- Red Fox12 obs
- Domestic Cat10 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/38619614
Day trips start here
- Midland · 17 mi
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 19 mi
- Charlotte/East Charlotte · 19 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 22 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 22 mi
- Charlotte/Plaza-Midwood · 22 mi
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