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Veterans Park

Veterans Park from directly overhead

Veterans Park is a park in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 214 m. Spencer Mountain stands 375 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is The Rudy Effect, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 18 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates35.21842, -80.80317
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Midwood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Chantilly Park: 0.9 mi
  • Merry Oaks Park: 1.0 mi
  • Progress Park: 1.2 mi
  • Little Peoples Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • Coal car: 1.6 mi
  • Graffiti Park: 1.8 mi
  • Historic Rosedale: 2.5 mi
  • Gainseville Midland: 2.9 mi
  • Abandoned Charlotte Delivery Service Truck and Car: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 56
  • Arhelger Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Gloria Victus Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Tate Tower: 1.5 mi
  • Aspire: 1.6 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans' Memorial: 1.7 mi
Museums: 37
Gardens: 28
  • Merry Oaks Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Charlotte Rose Society Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Belmont Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • McGill Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Mary D.B.T. Semans Gardens: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves: 28
  • Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
  • Evergreen Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Ribbonwalk Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
  • Providence Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Clarks Creek Nature Preserve: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 9
Beaches: 5
  • South Point Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Sailing Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 17.9 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.1 mi
  • SHOAL: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • North Carolina Welcome Center: 9.2 mi
  • South Carolina Welcome Center: 12.4 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Carowinds Grove: 11.0 mi
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Little Long Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spencer MountainWNW 287°375 m18.4 mi
Jackson KnobW 268°328 m20.8 mi
Reese MountainNW 310°325 m22.7 mi
Nanny MountainWSW 240°299 m19.7 mi
Berry MountainW 272°281 m15.8 mi
Capps HillNW 325°244 m6.5 mi
Red HillSE 140°228 m13.7 mi
Barnett MountainWSW 244°227 m18.9 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 Anole53 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle48 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird45 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake45 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird44 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary44 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel39 obs
  • Song Sparrow38 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/325790266

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