Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound
Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. King Mountain stands 309 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Indian Heritage Trail runs past it. 152 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Indian Heritage Trail
- 3.5 mi off the Grassy Island Crossing
- 9.7 mi off the Sandhills Scenic Drive
- 11.2 mi off the Pee Dee Valley Drive
Overlooks nearby
- Jumping Off Rock · 21 mi
- Scenic Lookout · 27 mi
152 named places within 25 miles
- Stanback Park: 4.5 mi
- Stanback Park: 4.6 mi
- Uwharrie Game Land: 4.6 mi
- Uwbarrie Game Land: 4.7 mi
- Norwood Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Piney Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Buck Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Luther Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Shelter Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Morgan Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 6.8 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 7.1 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 7.7 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 8.2 mi
- Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge: 8.2 mi
- Town Creek Indian Mound Museum: 0.2 mi
- Mt Gilead Museum Foundation: 4.9 mi
- Ansonville Historical Society Museum: 11.3 mi
- Rankin Museum of American Heritage: 12.0 mi
- Morrow Mountain Then and Now Museum: 15.5 mi
- Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Riverdale and Ingram Plantation: 14.9 mi
- Will Lowder Homesite Monument: 15.9 mi
- Historic Stony Hill Church Site Monument: 16.0 mi
- Ben Lowder Homesite: 16.1 mi
- Ellerbe Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Randolph County I-73/I-74 Northbound Rest Area: 24.5 mi
- Barnes Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
- Campfire Arena: 24.0 mi
- Uwharrie Falls: 18.2 mi
- Kings Mountain Point Day Use Area: 20.7 mi
- Twin Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cul Res Town Creek Indian Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Mountain | N 356° | 309 m | 23.3 mi |
| Dark Mountain | N 356° | 289 m | 20.2 mi |
| Wysner Mountain | N 2° | 281 m | 21.5 mi |
| Little Long Mountain | N 356° | 279 m | 22.1 mi |
| Flint Hill | N 359° | 277 m | 20.0 mi |
| Morrow Mountain | NW 322° | 276 m | 15.0 mi |
| Jenny Wright Mountain | N 360° | 271 m | 16.3 mi |
| Long Mountain | N 358° | 269 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:01 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:33 | 17:12 |
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 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jackson Springs 5 WNW, 14 mi away.
- Yaupon Holly4 obs
- shining sumac3 obs
- Green Anole2 obs
- Common Buckeye2 obs
- baldcypress2 obs
- Helmet skullcap2 obs
- Ganoderma sessile2 obs
- broomsedge bluestem2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/38619647
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