Firestone Field
Firestone Field is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 239 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Optimist Club Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 5.2 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 239 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 22.6 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 28.8 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Optimist Club Park: 0.4 mi
- North Park: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Centennial Pavilion: 0.8 mi
- Erwin Park: 1.1 mi
- Lineburger Park: 1.4 mi
- Russel McConnel Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Sculpture of Queen Charlotte: 14.5 mi
- "Shuffletown Hand": 14.9 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 15.0 mi
- Ascendus: 15.6 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 13.4 mi
- METALmorphosis: 15.8 mi
- Hurler: 17.7 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 17.8 mi
- Carolina Cyclone: 17.8 mi
- Rhodes Drive: 3.8 mi
- Tryon Resolves: 9.0 mi
- River Oaks Academy Birthday Rock: 12.8 mi
- Major William Chronicle / Captain John Mattocks / William Rabb / John Boyd: 12.9 mi
- Major Willian Chronicle: 13.0 mi
- American Military Museum: 0.8 mi
- Schiele Museum: 2.2 mi
- Gaston County Museum: 4.1 mi
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum: 8.3 mi
- Millican Pictorial History Museum: 9.1 mi
- Pharr Yarns - Spencer Mountain Wetland: 6.0 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 12.2 mi
- Paul And Agnes Rhyne Conservation Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Jackson Knob: 3.8 mi
- Gamble Hill: 4.7 mi
- Crowders Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Berry Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Two Rivers Utilities Educational Garden: 0.8 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 10.0 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 18.8 mi
- Courtyard: 19.3 mi
- Sustainability Village Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- South Point Beach: 12.6 mi
- Sailing Beach: 13.4 mi
- SHOAL: 20.8 mi
- SHOAL: 21.7 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.9 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- High Shoals: 9.6 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 18.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Firestone Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | WSW 242° | 520 m | 7.4 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | NNE 16° | 471 m | 22.2 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WSW 249° | 458 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Mountain | NNE 17° | 409 m | 23.8 mi |
| Hog Hill | NNW 337° | 391 m | 23.9 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | ENE 59° | 375 m | 5.3 mi |
| Whitaker Mountain | WSW 244° | 356 m | 19.2 mi |
| Henry Knob | SSW 207° | 344 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:06 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:38 | 17:17 |
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 | 62 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gastonia, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
- Green Anole12 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
- Northern Cardinal9 obs
- DeKay's Brownsnake8 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk7 obs
- Common Green June Beetle7 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle6 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 node/357772779
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/South End · 19 mi
- Charlotte · 20 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 20 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 20 mi
- Charlotte/Uptown · 20 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 21 mi
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