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Steele Creek Athletic Association Complex

Steele Creek Athletic Association Complex from directly overhead

Steele Creek Athletic Association Complex is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Branch Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.10262, -80.97871
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Walker Branch Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Chateau Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hoover Creek Greenway: 0.7 mi
  • Hamilton Green Park: 1.6 mi
  • Thomas M. Winget Regional Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
  • Canopy: 2.8 mi
  • Levitation: 3.7 mi
  • Flash: 3.8 mi
  • Maersk Anchor: 4.2 mi
  • Maersk Anchor: 4.2 mi
Attractions: 58
  • Tidal Wave Bay: 1.8 mi
  • Storm Surge: 1.8 mi
  • Hurricane Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Surf Club Harbor: 1.9 mi
  • Murtle Turtle Beach: 1.9 mi
Historic sites: 58
Museums: 35
Nature reserves: 27
Gardens: 27
Peaks: 18
Waterfalls: 3
  • Long Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 21.0 mi
  • High Shoals: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Sailing Beach: 3.9 mi
  • South Point Beach: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 2.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Steele Creek Athletic Association Complex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kings PinnacleWNW 291°520 m20.2 mi
Crowders MountainWNW 298°458 m19.1 mi
Spencer MountainNNW 330°375 m15.5 mi
Henry KnobW 277°344 m16.8 mi
Jackson KnobWNW 303°328 m13.0 mi
Reese MountainNNW 341°325 m23.7 mi
Browns MountainW 275°315 m24.2 mi
Joes MountainW 276°312 m23.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0219:36
June solstice06:1120:0520:42
September equinox07:1318:4919:22
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole35 obs
  • Common Box Turtle19 obs
  • Green Treefrog19 obs
  • Fowler's Toad17 obs
  • Pond Slider16 obs
  • Central Ratsnake15 obs
  • Common Watersnake13 obs
  • Northern Cardinal12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/183386562

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