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Sugaw Creek Park

Sugaw Creek Park from directly overhead

Sugaw Creek Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 239 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Derita Creek Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 16 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
239 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.27077, -80.80069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Derita Creek Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tom Hunter Neighborhood Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hidden Valley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Allen Hills Park: 1.5 mi
  • Howie Acres Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Rosedale: 1.1 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.2 mi
  • Coal car: 3.2 mi
  • Reedy Creek Nature Center: 4.6 mi
  • Hodges Family Farm: 5.4 mi
Artworks
  • garden statue: 1.2 mi
  • NoDa Cloud Wall: 1.5 mi
  • Disc Golf Mural: 2.0 mi
  • Mural by Bree Stallings: 2.4 mi
  • Mural by Patch Whiskey: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
Museums: 36
Gardens: 28
Nature reserves: 28
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
  • Sherman Branch Nature Preserve: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 14.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 17.9 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 18.0 mi
  • SHOAL: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 12.2 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 17.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 13.9 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainW 276°375 m17.8 mi
Jackson KnobWSW 258°328 m21.4 mi
Reese MountainWNW 302°325 m20.7 mi
Nanny MountainSW 232°299 m21.8 mi
Berry MountainW 259°281 m16.2 mi
Capps HillWNW 293°244 m4.2 mi
Red HillSSE 149°228 m16.5 mi
Barnett MountainSW 235°227 m20.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2916:3617:15

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Green Anole32 obs
  • Common Box Turtle13 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle12 obs
  • Green Treefrog12 obs
  • Cope's Gray Tree Frog11 obs
  • American sweetgum10 obs
  • Common Five-lined Skink10 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee9 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/38619454

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