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Murray Hill Park

Murray Hill Park from directly overhead

Murray Hill Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 640 m. Rice Knob stands 1,219 m to the northeast, 6.5 miles off. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.58266, -82.56313

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Murray Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Livingston Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Jean Webb Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jean Webb Park: 0.4 mi
  • Choctaw Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Lake Louise Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Reems Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Bee Branch Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Douglas Falls: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 32
Gardens: 27
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Italian Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Shrub Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Walled Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums: 18
  • Asheville Museum of Science: 1.0 mi
  • Asheville Pinball Museum: 1.0 mi
  • Asheville Art Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 1.2 mi
  • Bob Moog Foundation: 1.2 mi
Attractions: 17
Artworks: 16
  • rooster: 0.4 mi
  • Foundation Graffiti Park: 0.4 mi
  • JMK236 Studio: 0.5 mi
  • TebbeArt Studios: 0.5 mi
  • Foundation Graffiti Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 15.9 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 21.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Springs: 5
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 7.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Murray Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rice KnobNE 39°1,219 m6.5 mi
Big Cedar MountainESE 106°1,159 m6.5 mi
Peach KnobNE 44°1,150 m5.6 mi
Elk MountainNE 38°1,122 m7.1 mi
Butler MountainESE 124°1,086 m6.4 mi
Rich KnobNE 43°1,074 m4.1 mi
Busbee MountainSE 142°1,063 m5.4 mi
Little Cedar MountainESE 104°1,050 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:42
June solstice06:1620:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3716:4217:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384248576572757468584841
Precip in3.32.93.53.73.53.44.13.63.72.63.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Porcelain Berry148 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug127 obs
  • American pokeweed99 obs
  • American Black Bear96 obs
  • Wild Turkey94 obs
  • box elder93 obs
  • kudzu93 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle92 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/609092905

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