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Thompson Park

Thompson Park from directly overhead

Thompson Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 19 miles off. 8 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.21648, -80.83377
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Elizabeth Park: 0.1 mi
  • John Montgomery Belk Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Cherry Tree Save: 0.3 mi
  • Marshall Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pearl Street Park: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.0 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 1.7 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 2.0 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 3.1 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Aspire: 0.1 mi
  • Tate Tower: 0.2 mi
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.3 mi
Museums: 36
Gardens: 28
  • Baxter Steet Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Courtyard: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.4 mi
  • Whitehall Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
  • Berryhill Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 8
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 20.5 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Long Creek Falls: 23.4 mi
  • High Shoals: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 9.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 289°375 m16.8 mi
Jackson KnobW 268°328 m19.1 mi
Reese MountainNW 313°325 m21.5 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 237°299 m18.1 mi
Berry MountainW 273°281 m14.1 mi
Capps HillNNW 340°244 m5.8 mi
Red HillSE 135°228 m14.7 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 242°227 m17.3 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 solstice07:2916:3617:16

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, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee121 obs
  • Green Anole113 obs
  • American Robin95 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel83 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle78 obs
  • Fiery Skipper77 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee73 obs
  • House Sparrow67 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/559327195

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