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Ezra Bridges Park

Ezra Bridges Park from directly overhead

Ezra Bridges Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 270 m. Benn Knob stands 882 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fallen Heroes Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 5.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
270 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.28807, -81.54600

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites: 19
Museums: 19
Waterfalls: 13
  • Long Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
  • High Shoals: 20.8 mi
  • Beautimos Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Pot Branch Falls: 21.2 mi
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 3
  • The Other Side Of The River: 11.6 mi
  • Blacksburg: 11.7 mi
  • Russel McConnel Memorial: 22.0 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Ezra Bridges Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Benn KnobNNW 341°882 m20.2 mi
Rich MountainNNW 340°818 m21.2 mi
Painter KnobNNW 343°807 m19.9 mi
Black MountainNNW 335°792 m21.7 mi
Dogwood Stamp MountainNNW 346°771 m21.0 mi
Printers KnobNNW 341°698 m19.6 mi
Yellowtop MountainNW 311°685 m21.2 mi
High RockNNW 347°677 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:38
June solstice06:1320:0720:45
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3216:3917:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404350596775787771604942
Precip in4.33.44.74.34.34.54.44.54.03.74.04.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby 2 NW, 2 mi away.

  • greater periwinkle6 obs
  • strawberry bush6 obs
  • Chinese privet6 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail5 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia5 obs
  • Joro Spider5 obs
  • tiger lily4 obs
  • Summer snowflake4 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/777608166

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