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Fourth Ward Park

Fourth Ward Park from directly overhead

Fourth Ward Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Discovery Place, a museum 0.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 10 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.23159, -80.84269
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Attractions
  • Coal car: 0.9 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.6 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 2.7 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 55
Museums: 35
Gardens: 28
  • McGill Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Sustainability Village Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.0 mi
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
Peaks: 10
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 16.4 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.3 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
  • High Shoals: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 10.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 270°458 m24.5 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 286°375 m16.0 mi
Jackson KnobW 265°328 m18.6 mi
Reese MountainNW 312°325 m20.4 mi
Nanny MountainSW 234°299 m18.3 mi
Berry MountainW 269°281 m13.5 mi
Gamble HillW 274°263 m24.7 mi
Capps HillNNW 341°244 m4.6 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2916:3617:16

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole97 obs
  • American Robin75 obs
  • House Sparrow66 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle57 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel54 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee54 obs
  • Western Honey Bee41 obs
  • Barred Owl40 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/38619507

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