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Midtown Park

Midtown Park from directly overhead

Midtown Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Braille Music Box, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 20 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.21080, -80.83648
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cherry Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cherry Tree Save: 0.2 mi
  • Baxter Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Thompson Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Gainseville Midland: 1.3 mi
  • Coal car: 1.4 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.4 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.5 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Aspire: 0.5 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.6 mi
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 0.7 mi
Museums: 36
Gardens: 28
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.4 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.8 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 7.6 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 7.6 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.6 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainW 274°458 m24.9 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 291°375 m16.8 mi
Jackson KnobW 269°328 m18.9 mi
Reese MountainNW 314°325 m21.6 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 238°299 m17.8 mi
Berry MountainW 275°281 m13.9 mi
Capps HillNNW 342°244 m6.1 mi
Red HillSE 133°228 m14.6 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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole122 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee120 obs
  • American Robin92 obs
  • Mallard77 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
  • Fiery Skipper75 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee73 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle72 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1001117038

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