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Holly Oak Park

Holly Oak Park from directly overhead

Holly Oak Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 239 m. Benn Knob stands 882 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Kings Road Park, a park 0.8 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 7.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Shelby

How to reach it

Coordinates35.27021, -81.52937

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums: 17
Waterfalls: 11
  • Long Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
  • High Shoals: 20.4 mi
  • Beautimos Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Pot Branch Falls: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 8
Artworks: 3
  • The Other Side Of The River: 10.3 mi
  • Blacksburg: 10.3 mi
  • Russel McConnel Memorial: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Holly Oak Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Benn KnobNNW 340°882 m21.7 mi
Rich MountainNNW 339°818 m22.7 mi
Painter KnobNNW 341°807 m21.3 mi
Black MountainNNW 334°792 m23.2 mi
Dogwood Stamp MountainNNW 345°771 m22.4 mi
Printers KnobNNW 340°698 m21.1 mi
Yellowtop MountainNW 312°685 m22.7 mi
High RockNNW 345°677 m21.2 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, 4 mi away.

  • strawberry bush6 obs
  • greater periwinkle5 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird4 obs
  • Monarch4 obs
  • tiger lily4 obs
  • Summer snowflake4 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
  • Yellow Garden Spider4 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/757467584

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