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Sutton Park

Sutton Park from directly overhead

Sutton Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Red Hill stands 228 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Winchester Avenue Community Facility Center, a park 1.5 miles away. Grassy Island Crossing passes 25 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.98907, -80.51157

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites: 31
  • The Gate: 3.7 mi
  • Cemetary Bell: 6.0 mi
  • Memorial Flag: 6.0 mi
  • Stumptown Veterans Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • North Carolina Korean War Memorial: 14.9 mi
Museums: 24
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 14
  • Carl J. McEwen Historic Village: 15.3 mi
  • Big Rock: 18.6 mi
  • Arch: 19.7 mi
  • Arch: 19.7 mi
  • Arch: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Peaks: 7
  • Red Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Polk Mountain: 9.6 mi
  • Rebel Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Becky Hill: 17.1 mi
  • Gordon Mountain: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red HillNW 305°228 m9.4 mi
Polk MountainNE 42°205 m9.6 mi
Gordon MountainESE 107°202 m18.3 mi
Rebel HillENE 64°185 m14.2 mi
Forty Acre RockS 182°183 m22.1 mi
Jumping HillsSSE 153°183 m22.7 mi
Becky HillESE 116°163 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0119:34
June solstice06:0920:0220:40
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:2716:3617:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424551616976807873625144
Precip in3.93.34.13.73.64.64.04.94.63.73.44.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe 2 SE, under a mile away.

  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • White-tailed Deer6 obs
  • North American Luna Moth5 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird4 obs
  • Green Anole4 obs
  • Carolina Mantis4 obs
  • golden reishi4 obs
  • oak bracket4 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 way/38619623

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