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Latta Park

Latta Park from directly overhead

Latta Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 208 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Timeline, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.20821, -80.84783
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Timeline: 0.2 mi
  • Substation & Tower Illumination: 0.6 mi
  • Dinosaur: 0.7 mi
  • Rail Trail Chalkboard: 0.7 mi
  • Color Forest: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Baxter Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Midtown Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wilmore Centennial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sedgefield Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Gainseville Midland: 1.1 mi
  • Coal car: 1.9 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.9 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 3.7 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 36
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.1 mi
Peaks: 11
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
  • High Shoals: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 8.9 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 274°458 m24.2 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 292°375 m16.3 mi
Henry KnobWSW 258°344 m24.7 mi
Jackson KnobW 270°328 m18.3 mi
Reese MountainNW 315°325 m21.3 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 237°299 m17.2 mi
Berry MountainW 276°281 m13.3 mi
Gamble HillW 277°263 m24.5 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 Anole118 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee106 obs
  • American Robin82 obs
  • Mallard64 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle64 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel63 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee63 obs
  • Fiery Skipper62 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/256838595

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