Optimist Park
Optimist Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 245 m. Benn Knob stands 882 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Park, a park 0.4 miles away. South Mountain Scenery passes 6.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 245 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Shelby
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the South Mountain Scenery
- 13.2 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 14.0 mi off the Cherokee Foothills Scenic Highway, National
- 17.5 mi off the Cowpens National Battlefield Scenic Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Moose Park: 0.4 mi
- Plaster Park: 0.6 mi
- Ezra Bridges Park: 0.9 mi
- Raper-Roark Park: 1.2 mi
- Shelby City Park: 1.3 mi
- Flint Hill: 8.2 mi
- Jolly Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Abes Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Whitaker Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Jack Moore Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Fallen Heroes Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Lattimore Caboose: 6.4 mi
- Hoover Monument: 13.6 mi
- Kings Mountain Centennial Monument: 13.7 mi
- In Honor Of The Three African American Patriots: 13.7 mi
- Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce: 1.2 mi
- Earl Scruggs Center: 1.3 mi
- Boiling Springs Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
- Metcalfe Station-Lawndale Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- C Grier Beam Truck Museum: 12.2 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
- Beautimos Falls: 21.2 mi
- Pot Branch Falls: 21.4 mi
- High Shoals: 21.6 mi
- Shelby Corn Maze: 6.6 mi
- Peachoid: 14.6 mi
- Gaffney Visitors Center & Art Gallery: 14.9 mi
- Truck: 15.2 mi
- Truck: 15.3 mi
- The Other Side Of The River: 11.2 mi
- Blacksburg: 11.2 mi
- Russel McConnel Memorial: 22.6 mi
- Limestone Springs: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Optimist Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benn Knob | NNW 344° | 882 m | 20.6 mi |
| Rich Mountain | NNW 343° | 818 m | 21.5 mi |
| Painter Knob | NNW 345° | 807 m | 20.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 337° | 792 m | 22.0 mi |
| Dogwood Stamp Mountain | NNW 348° | 771 m | 21.4 mi |
| Printers Knob | NNW 344° | 698 m | 19.9 mi |
| Yellowtop Mountain | NW 314° | 685 m | 21.1 mi |
| High Rock | N 349° | 677 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:05 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:07 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:39 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelby 2 NW, 2 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal19 obs
- Tufted Titmouse16 obs
- Downy Woodpecker15 obs
- Carolina Wren14 obs
- American Goldfinch14 obs
- Purple Finch14 obs
- Blue Jay12 obs
- Carolina Chickadee11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/793209667
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