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Westside Community Park

Westside Community Park from directly overhead

Westside Community Park is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 658 m. Rice Knob stands 1,219 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Falconhurst-West Asheville Preserve, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
658 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.59761, -82.60013

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Roger Farmer Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Malvern Hills Park: 1.7 mi
  • Malvern Hills Park: 1.8 mi
  • Riverlink Sculpture and Performance Plaza: 1.8 mi
  • West Asheville Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls
  • Reems Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Lake Louise Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Bee Branch Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Cascades Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Slate Rock Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
Gardens: 27
  • Burton Street Community Peace Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Elder & Sage Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Griffing Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Italian Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Shrub Garden: 4.8 mi
Museums: 18
  • Asheville Pinball Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Asheville Museum of Science: 2.6 mi
  • Bob Moog Foundation: 2.7 mi
  • Asheville Art Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center: 2.8 mi
Artworks: 16
Attractions: 16
Nature reserves: 11
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 7
Picnic sites: 6
  • N. Mills River Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
  • Pisgah Picnic: 15.4 mi
  • Mt Mitchell Picnic Grounds: 22.2 mi
  • Sycamore Flats Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
  • Coontree Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Powhatan Beach: 8.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
  • Mountain Springs Lane: 11.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Westside Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rice KnobENE 57°1,219 m7.4 mi
The PinnacleW 261°1,186 m8.1 mi
Peach KnobENE 63°1,150 m6.6 mi
Elk MountainNE 55°1,122 m7.9 mi
Hickory TopSSW 204°1,119 m8.2 mi
Stradley MountainSSW 204°1,119 m8.2 mi
Hayes TopW 272°1,099 m6.0 mi
Butler MountainESE 122°1,086 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:42
June solstice06:1620:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3716:4217:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384248576572757468584841
Precip in3.32.93.53.73.53.44.13.63.72.63.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Asheville, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American pokeweed63 obs
  • Porcelain Berry58 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake52 obs
  • fan clubmoss41 obs
  • red deadnettle39 obs
  • Groundhog37 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle36 obs
  • eastern poison ivy35 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 node/357805262

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