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Park Road Park

Park Road Park from directly overhead

Park Road Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 200 m. Crowders Mountain stands 458 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sugar Creek Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 23 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
200 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates35.14920, -80.85256

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 0.4 mi
  • Marion Diehl Park: 0.8 mi
  • Symphony Park: 1.1 mi
  • Little Sugar Creek Greenway: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 0.4 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 3.0 mi
  • METALmorphosis: 5.4 mi
  • Coal car: 5.8 mi
  • Thunder Striker: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Rex: 0.8 mi
  • Queen's Park sign: 3.0 mi
  • Furrow: 3.2 mi
  • Furrow: 3.2 mi
  • Furrow: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 54
Museums: 35
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
Peaks: 11
Beaches: 4
  • South Point Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 21.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 4.1 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Long Creek Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 5.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crowders MountainWNW 284°458 m24.6 mi
Spencer MountainNW 305°375 m18.0 mi
Henry KnobW 267°344 m23.9 mi
Jackson KnobWNW 282°328 m18.4 mi
Reese MountainNW 323°325 m24.2 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 250°299 m15.1 mi
Berry MountainWNW 293°281 m14.1 mi
Kings Mountain ChurchWSW 253°246 m24.2 mi

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 solstice07:2916:3717:16

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, 8 mi away.

  • Heavenly bamboo114 obs
  • leatherleaf mahonia65 obs
  • Green Anole41 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk25 obs
  • Common Five-lined Skink22 obs
  • Mallard21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer21 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird19 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 way/38619333

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