Freedom Park
Freedom Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Gainseville Midland, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Charlotte Mecklenburg Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
- 24.9 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
Named places within 25 miles
- Gainseville Midland: 0.1 mi
- Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 2.5 mi
- Coal car: 2.8 mi
- Graffiti Park: 3.8 mi
- Historic Rosedale: 4.9 mi
- Sacred Garden: 0.4 mi
- E.B. Moore Park: 0.8 mi
- Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.9 mi
- Sedgefield Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
- Edgehill Park: 1.1 mi
- Hugh Pharr McManaway: 1.0 mi
- Timeline: 1.1 mi
- Braille Music Box: 1.4 mi
- The Sting: 1.5 mi
- Magic Carpet Mural: 1.5 mi
- Rosati Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Isaac Newton Alexander Grist Mill: 1.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Aspire: 1.9 mi
- Tate Tower: 1.9 mi
- Charlotte Museum of Nature: 0.2 mi
- Mint Museum Randolph: 1.7 mi
- NASCAR Hall of Fame: 2.0 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 2.2 mi
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture: 2.2 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Wing Haven: 0.8 mi
- Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Providence Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- Capps Hill: 7.3 mi
- Berry Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Red Hill: 14.0 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 16.8 mi
- South Point Beach: 9.7 mi
- Sailing Beach: 12.9 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 19.1 mi
- SHOAL: 21.9 mi
- SHOAL: 22.8 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.3 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 9.5 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
- High Shoals: 24.7 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 8.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Freedom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crowders Mountain | W 277° | 458 m | 24.6 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | WNW 296° | 375 m | 17.0 mi |
| Henry Knob | W 260° | 344 m | 24.7 mi |
| Jackson Knob | W 273° | 328 m | 18.5 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NW 317° | 325 m | 22.3 mi |
| Nanny Mountain | WSW 241° | 299 m | 16.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 281° | 281 m | 13.7 mi |
| Gamble Hill | W 280° | 263 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 20:04 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee124 obs
- Green Anole87 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee70 obs
- Fiery Skipper61 obs
- American Bumble Bee58 obs
- Western Honey Bee57 obs
- Barred Owl55 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle55 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/559319591
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 1 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 1 mi
- Charlotte · 2 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 2 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 2 mi
- Charlotte/South End · 2 mi
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