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Hornets Nest Park

Hornets Nest Park from directly overhead

Hornets Nest Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Anderson Mountain stands 471 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is McIntyre Skirmish, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 18 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.31947, -80.87127
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McIntyre Historic Site: 0.6 mi
  • Oak Hills Park: 2.2 mi
  • Firestone Park: 2.3 mi
  • Nevin Regional Park: 2.5 mi
  • Fred Alexander Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Historic Rosedale: 5.8 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 6.2 mi
  • Caboose: 6.6 mi
  • Coal car: 6.7 mi
  • F-4 Phantom II: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 57
Museums: 34
Nature reserves: 31
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Shuffletown Prairie Nature Preserve: 5.1 mi
  • Auten Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
  • Rural Hill Nature Preserve: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 28
Peaks: 12
Beaches: 5
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 10.1 mi
  • SHOAL: 13.1 mi
  • South Point Beach: 13.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 13.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 17.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 18.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • High Shoals: 19.4 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 15.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Anderson MountainNW 324°471 m21.1 mi
Crowders MountainWSW 255°458 m23.6 mi
Little MountainNNW 329°409 m21.5 mi
Spencer MountainW 264°375 m13.8 mi
Jackson KnobWSW 245°328 m18.6 mi
Reese MountainWNW 299°325 m15.6 mi
Nanny MountainSW 218°299 m21.4 mi
Berry MountainWSW 242°281 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0520:42
September equinox07:1218:4819:22
December solstice07:2916:3617:15

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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Box Turtle17 obs
  • Green Anole14 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail8 obs
  • Bluegill7 obs
  • Green Treefrog7 obs
  • American pokeweed6 obs
  • Cope's Gray Tree Frog6 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/33298800

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