Withers Creek Access Area
Withers Creek Access Area is a park in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Kings Pinnacle stands 520 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas M. Winget Regional Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Crowders Mountain Drive passes 17 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Crowders Mountain Drive
- 30.0 mi off the Uwharrie Scenic Road
Named places within 25 miles
- Thomas M. Winget Regional Park: 0.6 mi
- South Point Beach Park: 1.0 mi
- North Carolina State Wildlife Landing: 1.0 mi
- Hillside Park: 2.0 mi
- Berewick Regional Park: 2.5 mi
- Thánh Giuse: 3.1 mi
- Flash: 3.1 mi
- Levitation: 3.2 mi
- Canopy: 3.6 mi
- Maersk Anchor: 4.8 mi
- METALmorphosis: 3.1 mi
- Hurler: 4.3 mi
- Fury 325: 4.4 mi
- Carolina Cyclone: 4.4 mi
- Tidal Wave Bay: 4.4 mi
- Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church: 3.7 mi
- Crash Site of Eastern Flight 212: 4.4 mi
- Jane Parks McDowell Marker: 4.7 mi
- Air Midwest Flight 5481 Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Morris Field: 5.9 mi
- Millican Pictorial History Museum: 7.1 mi
- The James C. Dowd House: 8.8 mi
- Charlotte Museum of Nature: 9.5 mi
- Museum of York County: 9.9 mi
- Fort Mill History Museum: 10.0 mi
- Thomas M. Winget Nature Preserve: 1.0 mi
- McDowell Nature Preserve: 2.9 mi
- Whitehall Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Berryhill Nature Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Iswa Nature Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: 3.5 mi
- Wilmore Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- Avondale Giving Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Wing Haven: 9.4 mi
- Courtyard: 9.8 mi
- Barnett Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Berry Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Nanny Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Jackson Knob: 10.4 mi
- Spencer Mountain: 12.3 mi
- South Point Beach: 0.9 mi
- Sailing Beach: 3.7 mi
- Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 22.8 mi
- SHOAL: 24.2 mi
- Long Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
- Little Long Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- High Shoals: 20.7 mi
- North Carolina Welcome Center: 5.1 mi
- South Carolina Welcome Center: 5.6 mi
- Carowinds Grove: 4.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Withers Creek Access Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kings Pinnacle | WNW 284° | 520 m | 18.0 mi |
| Crowders Mountain | WNW 291° | 458 m | 16.6 mi |
| Spencer Mountain | NNW 329° | 375 m | 12.3 mi |
| Henry Knob | W 266° | 344 m | 15.4 mi |
| Jackson Knob | WNW 294° | 328 m | 10.4 mi |
| Reese Mountain | NNW 342° | 325 m | 20.5 mi |
| Browns Mountain | W 268° | 315 m | 22.7 mi |
| Joes Mountain | W 268° | 312 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:03 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:05 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charlotte Douglas AP, 6 mi away.
- Green Treefrog37 obs
- Fowler's Toad19 obs
- Great Blue Heron15 obs
- Blue Dasher15 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk15 obs
- Green Anole13 obs
- Slaty Skimmer13 obs
- frostweed12 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 node/357796651
Day trips start here
- Charlotte/South End · 9 mi
- Charlotte/Dilworth · 10 mi
- Charlotte · 11 mi
- Charlotte/Elizabeth · 11 mi
- Charlotte Metro · 11 mi
- Charlotte/Myers Park · 11 mi
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