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Shadow Line Park

Shadow Line Park from directly overhead

Shadow Line Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 343 m. Hickory Knob stands 907 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is East Union Street Park, a park 3.4 miles away. Pisgah Loop Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
343 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.79291, -81.66010

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Union Street Park: 3.4 mi
  • Catawba Meadows Park: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade Park: 3.4 mi
  • McCombs Park: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade Park: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls
  • McGalliard Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Adako Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Razorback: 9.8 mi
  • 4x4 Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Triple Drop: 10.0 mi
Peaks
Museums: 21
  • Historic Burke County Courthouse: 3.6 mi
  • Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum: 3.7 mi
  • History Museum of Burke County: 3.8 mi
  • Waldensian Heritage Museum: 6.5 mi
  • Hudson Depot Museum: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 16
Historic sites: 10
  • Historic Town Limits: 3.4 mi
  • Historic Town Limit: 3.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Mortimer memorial: 14.3 mi
  • Old Hickory Tavern: 18.4 mi
Picnic sites: 7
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Brown Mountain View: 14.5 mi
  • Observation Deck: 16.9 mi
  • McDowell County Rest Area: 22.7 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Westbound: 22.7 mi
  • Marion Rest Area - Eastbound: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Springs: 4
  • Water Tree (Blackgum Springs): 13.5 mi
  • Gully Pipe: 13.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Shanty Springs: 23.7 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Community Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Beall Street Community Gardens: 10.6 mi
  • Mitchell Giving Gardens: 24.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Shadow Line Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hickory KnobSSW 200°907 m12.9 mi
Propst MountainSSW 203°905 m13.3 mi
Buzzard RoostSSW 201°901 m13.0 mi
Walker TopSSW 198°886 m10.9 mi
Rainbow MountainSSW 193°874 m12.9 mi
Hickorynut MountainS 191°870 m13.3 mi
Krunkleton KnobSSW 199°839 m12.1 mi
High PeakSSW 196°829 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1220:0920:47
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3416:3817:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586673777569594841
Precip in4.33.74.44.34.14.84.44.84.63.83.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morganton, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail4 obs
  • ebony spleenwort4 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk3 obs
  • Eastern Fence Lizard3 obs
  • Common Vetch3 obs
  • downy rattlesnake plantain3 obs
  • Chinese Mantis3 obs
  • Northern Cardinal2 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/357800047

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