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Revolution Park

Revolution Park from directly overhead

Revolution Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbott Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 21 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.21570, -80.87485
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Abbott Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wilmore Park: 0.5 mi
  • Southside Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dowd House Historic Site: 0.8 mi
  • Dowd Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.4 mi
  • Coal car: 2.9 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 3.7 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.3 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 34
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 13
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.2 mi
  • SHOAL: 19.8 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 6.9 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
  • High Shoals: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 8.5 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleW 269°520 m24.7 mi
Crowders MountainW 273°458 m22.7 mi
Spencer MountainWNW 293°375 m14.7 mi
Henry KnobWSW 256°344 m23.3 mi
Jackson KnobW 268°328 m16.7 mi
Reese MountainNW 318°325 m19.9 mi
Nanny MountainSW 233°299 m16.2 mi
Berry MountainW 274°281 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:35
June solstice06:1020:0420:42
September equinox07:1218:4919:22
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee88 obs
  • Green Anole64 obs
  • American Bumble Bee54 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee53 obs
  • Fiery Skipper50 obs
  • American Robin42 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee41 obs
  • Barred Owl37 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/956443964

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