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North Carolina State Wildlife Landing

North Carolina State Wildlife Landing from directly overhead

North Carolina State Wildlife Landing is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillside Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 16 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
175 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14348, -81.02063

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hillside Park: 1.0 mi
  • Withers Creek Access Area: 1.0 mi
  • South Point Beach Park: 1.1 mi
  • Thomas M. Winget Regional Park: 1.1 mi
  • Oakton: 2.4 mi
Artworks
  • Thánh Giuse: 4.0 mi
  • Flash: 4.2 mi
  • Levitation: 4.2 mi
  • Canopy: 4.5 mi
  • Maersk Anchor: 5.8 mi
Attractions
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 30
Gardens: 28
Peaks: 17
Beaches: 4
  • South Point Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 23.1 mi
  • SHOAL: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Long Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
  • High Shoals: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 5.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Carolina State Wildlife Landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWNW 285°520 m17.1 mi
Crowders MountainWNW 293°458 m15.7 mi
Spencer MountainNNW 333°375 m11.9 mi
Henry KnobW 267°344 m14.4 mi
Jackson KnobWNW 297°328 m9.5 mi
Reese MountainNNW 345°325 m20.3 mi
Browns MountainW 268°315 m21.7 mi
Joes MountainW 269°312 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:36
June solstice06:1120:0520:42
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:2916:3717:17

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.

  • Green Treefrog16 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk14 obs
  • Slaty Skimmer12 obs
  • frostweed12 obs
  • Blue Dasher11 obs
  • Variable Dancer10 obs
  • Central Ratsnake10 obs
  • Fowler's Toad9 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 node/357796630

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