Dowd House Historic Site
Dowd House Historic Site is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 228 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The James C. Dowd House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 228 m
How to reach it
- 21.3 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 22.7 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 29.3 mi off the Millbridge Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Dowd Park: 0.0 mi
- Bryant Park: 0.8 mi
- Revolution Park: 0.8 mi
- Wilmore Park: 0.8 mi
- Camp Greene Park: 0.9 mi
- Wishes of Historic West End: 1.3 mi
- Wishes of Historic West End: 1.3 mi
- Silver Coin Monument: 1.5 mi
- Westside Unity: 1.6 mi
- Charlotte Machine Co.: 1.6 mi
- Coal car: 3.1 mi
- Gainseville Midland: 3.2 mi
- Graffiti Park: 3.9 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 4.5 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 4.8 mi
- Camp Greene Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Our Children's Memorial Walkway: 1.5 mi
- William Ewen Shipp Monument: 2.0 mi
- Liberty Hall Monument: 2.1 mi
- Mecklenburg County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 2.1 mi
- The James C. Dowd House: 0.0 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 1.9 mi
- Mint Museum Uptown: 1.9 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 2.0 mi
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art: 2.0 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Courtyard: 1.4 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Capps Hill: 4.8 mi
- Berry Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 16.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 8.7 mi
- Sailing Beach: 12.4 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.5 mi
- SHOAL: 19.1 mi
- SHOAL: 20.0 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 10.6 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- High Shoals: 21.6 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 9.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dowd House Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | W 267° | 520 m | 24.3 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | W 271° | 458 m | 22.2 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 291° | 375 m | 14.1 mi |
| Henry Knob | WSW 254° | 344 m | 23.1 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 265° | 328 m | 16.4 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 317° | 325 m | 19.1 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | SW 230° | 299 m | 16.3 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 271° | 281 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 4 mi away.
- Green Anole28 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- Common Green June Beetle16 obs
- American Robin12 obs
- Fiery Skipper12 obs
- Porcelain Berry12 obs
- Common Box Turtle11 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle11 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/1527350350
Day trips start here
- Charlotte · 2 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 2 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 2 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 2 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 3 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 4 mi
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