Freedom Park
Freedom Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 319 m. Icy Knob stands 918 m to the south-southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuey Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Burke County Schools
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway
- 12.2 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 17.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 18.3 mi off the Upper Yadkin Way
Overlooks nearby
- Wiseman's View · 15 mi
- Bear Den Overlook (MP 323.0) · 18 mi
- Hefner Gap Overlook · 18 mi
- Heffner Gap Overlook (MP 325.9) · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shuey Park: 1.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 1.0 mi
- Catawba Meadows Park: 1.2 mi
- Cascade Park: 1.3 mi
- Collett Street Recreation Center: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Keller Knob: 5.6 mi
- Yellow Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Ironmonger Mountain: 5.9 mi
- High Peak: 6.4 mi
- Upper Shoal Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Shoal Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- McGalliard Falls: 8.5 mi
- Little River Falls: 10.8 mi
- Big Bear Falls: 10.8 mi
- Fonta Flora Covered Bridge: 8.9 mi
- Four Trumpets: 14.9 mi
- Amaryllis Architecturalis: 15.0 mi
- Hurricane Bubba: 15.2 mi
- Across the Grain: 15.3 mi
- History Museum of Burke County: 1.7 mi
- Historic Burke County Courthouse: 1.7 mi
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 2.1 mi
- Waldensian Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Hudson Depot Museum: 14.2 mi
- Something Rotten: 9.8 mi
- Build a Fairy House: 9.8 mi
- Every Drop Goes a Long Way: 9.9 mi
- Wild Percussion: 10.0 mi
- Hide & Seek: 10.0 mi
- Historic Town Limit: 1.4 mi
- Historic Town Limits: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Mortimer memorial: 16.6 mi
- Marion Veteran Memorial: 16.9 mi
- Fox Den: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 9.7 mi
- Linville Falls Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Woods Walk: 24.6 mi
- Forrest Gump Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Raven Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Little Lost Cove Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Big Lost Cove Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Cliffs: 21.8 mi
- Linville Bluffs: 24.8 mi
- Brown Mountain View: 15.2 mi
- McDowell County Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 18.4 mi
- Observation Deck: 18.4 mi
- Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 18.4 mi
- Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina: 1.7 mi
- Rock Pile Farm And Stump Farm Forestry Center: 4.5 mi
- Hibriten Mountain: 16.9 mi
- Lost Cove Wilderness Study Area: 19.8 mi
- Swimming beach: 9.0 mi
- Boat beach: 9.0 mi
- Riverside Park Beach Access: 22.7 mi
- Community Gardens: 14.6 mi
- Beall Street Community Gardens: 15.2 mi
- Mitchell Giving Gardens: 22.9 mi
- Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 11.7 mi
- Gully Pipe: 11.9 mi
- Mortimer: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Freedom Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Icy Knob | SSW 193° | 918 m | 9.5 mi |
| Shortoff Mountain | WNW 303° | 915 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hickory Knob | S 187° | 907 m | 9.0 mi |
| Propst Mountain | SSW 193° | 905 m | 9.2 mi |
| Buzzard Roost | S 189° | 901 m | 9.0 mi |
| Walker Top | S 181° | 886 m | 7.1 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | S 178° | 874 m | 9.4 mi |
| Hickorynut Mountain | S 176° | 870 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:09 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:38 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 59 | 48 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail23 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel16 obs
- Northern Cardinal15 obs
- Little Sweet Betsy15 obs
- Blue Jay14 obs
- American pokeweed14 obs
- cross vine14 obs
- Central Ratsnake13 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 way/33106109
Day trips start here
- Hickory · 22 mi
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