Sunset Park
Sunset Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 185 m. Red Hill stands 228 m to the northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Monroe Science Center, a museum 0.7 miles away. Grassy Island Crossing passes 28 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Grassy Island Crossing
- 27.6 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Belk Tonowonda Park: 1.0 mi
- Don Griffin Park: 1.2 mi
- Winchester Avenue Community Facility Center: 1.2 mi
- Dickerson Park: 1.3 mi
- Creft Park: 1.4 mi
- Spirit of Nature: 11.4 mi
- Ancient Wisdom: 12.2 mi
- Time Further Out: 12.5 mi
- Blue & White Armchair: 13.3 mi
- Blended Joy: 13.6 mi
- Carl J. McEwen Historic Village: 15.3 mi
- Big Rock: 16.7 mi
- Arch: 17.7 mi
- Arch: 17.7 mi
- Arch: 17.8 mi
- Cemetary Bell: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Flag: 5.0 mi
- The Gate: 6.1 mi
- Stumptown Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
- North Carolina Korean War Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Monroe Science Center: 0.7 mi
- Jesse Helms Center: 5.9 mi
- Hinson Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Marshville Museum & Cultural Center: 10.5 mi
- Museum of the Waxhaws: 10.9 mi
- Matthews UMC Genesis Garden: 13.6 mi
- Matthews Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Anna'a Garden: 14.5 mi
- Lower School Garden: 14.5 mi
- Good Shepherd Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Stevens Creek Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Providence Nature Preserve: 14.3 mi
- Flat Branch Nature Preserve: 14.4 mi
- Belk Scout Camp: 16.1 mi
- Big Rock Nature Reserve: 16.7 mi
- Red Hill: 8.4 mi
- Polk Mountain: 12.0 mi
- Rebel Hill: 16.8 mi
- Becky Hill: 18.9 mi
- Gordon Mountain: 20.3 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 23.0 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
- Minden: 22.7 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NW 320° | 228 m | 8.4 mi |
| Polk Mountain | NE 47° | 205 m | 12.0 mi |
| Gordon Mountain | ESE 102° | 202 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rebel Hill | ENE 64° | 185 m | 16.8 mi |
| Forty Acre Rock | S 176° | 183 m | 21.1 mi |
| Jumping Hills | SSE 147° | 183 m | 22.9 mi |
| Becky Hill | ESE 110° | 163 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:01 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:03 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:36 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe 2 SE, 2 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer69 obs
- Common Raccoon43 obs
- Coyote29 obs
- Great Blue Heron16 obs
- Virginia Opossum13 obs
- North American River Otter12 obs
- Red Fox12 obs
- Green Anole11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/439634937
Day trips start here
- Midland · 18 mi
- Charlotte/Cotswold · 20 mi
- Charlotte/East Charlotte · 20 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 22 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 22 mi
- Charlotte/Plaza-Midwood · 22 mi
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