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Eastway Park

Eastway Park from directly overhead

Eastway Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 232 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Briarwood Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 15 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.25493, -80.77574

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Briarwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Howie Acres Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Valley Park: 0.8 mi
  • Unity Park: 1.3 mi
  • North Charlotte Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Historic Rosedale: 1.7 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.5 mi
  • Reedy Creek Nature Center: 3.2 mi
  • Coal car: 3.4 mi
  • Hodges Family Farm: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 36
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 3.6 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
  • Sherman Branch Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 18.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.6 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 13.9 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainW 279°375 m19.4 mi
Jackson KnobW 262°328 m22.6 mi
Reese MountainWNW 302°325 m22.5 mi
Nanny MountainSW 236°299 m22.3 mi
Berry MountainW 264°281 m17.4 mi
Capps HillWNW 297°244 m5.9 mi
Red HillSSE 151°228 m14.9 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 240°227 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:15

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, 10 mi away.

  • Green Anole30 obs
  • Common Box Turtle15 obs
  • lesser celandine14 obs
  • American sweetgum13 obs
  • American burnweed13 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake12 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle12 obs
  • American pokeweed11 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/511595154

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