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Cold Spring

Cold Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring is a spring in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. High Rock Mountain stands 359 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society, a museum 3.2 miles away. Uwharrie Scenic Road passes 0.7 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Spring behind cold spring church

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.38022, -80.48615

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Pleasant Municipal Park: 3.2 mi
  • Virginia Foil Park: 3.5 mi
  • Les Myers Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Bostwood Estates Park: 5.2 mi
  • J.W. (Mickey) McGee, Jr. Park: 5.2 mi
Artworks
  • Bloom: 5.8 mi
  • The Icon: 6.0 mi
  • Bull Statue: 9.8 mi
  • Sundial: 11.3 mi
  • The Self-Made Man: 14.6 mi
Historic sites: 49
Museums: 31
  • Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society: 3.2 mi
  • Morrison Motor Car Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Curb Records & Motorsports: 11.3 mi
  • Hendick Motorsports Museum and Team Shop: 12.5 mi
  • Sound Money Museum: 14.1 mi
Attractions: 28
  • Pharr Millhouse Historic Site: 8.2 mi
  • zMAX Dragway: 11.4 mi
  • E. H. Montgomery General Store: 11.9 mi
  • Hodges Family Farm: 14.4 mi
  • Reedy Creek Nature Center: 15.5 mi
Gardens: 23
Nature reserves: 20
Peaks: 18
  • Dunn Mountain: 17.4 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 19.9 mi
  • Polk Mountain: 20.5 mi
  • Palmer Mountain: 21.8 mi
  • Stony Mountain: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • I-85 Cabarrus County Rest Area: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Uwharrie Falls: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Kings Mountain Point Day Use Area: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Ramsay Creek Park Beach: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High Rock MountainNE 44°359 m22.5 mi
Dunn MountainNNE 12°303 m17.4 mi
Bald MountainNE 55°281 m19.9 mi
Morrow MountainE 95°276 m22.2 mi
Sugarloaf MountainE 92°257 m23.0 mi
Hattaway MountainE 91°254 m22.8 mi
Capps HillWSW 255°244 m22.4 mi
Falls MountainE 86°238 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0820:0320:41
September equinox07:1118:4719:20
December solstice07:2816:3417:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606977807972615144
Precip in3.73.14.14.03.74.75.34.54.23.53.53.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American sweetgum8 obs
  • Fiery Skipper8 obs
  • Common Buckeye7 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • Green Anole6 obs
  • Eastern Leaf-footed Bug6 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper6 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11828397939

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