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Bolin Creek Trail

Bolin Creek Trail from directly overhead

Bolin Creek Trail is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Umstead Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 1.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2017-06-03
Width
4 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.92242, -79.06010

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Umstead Park: 0.1 mi
  • Umstead Park: 0.3 mi
  • Small Courtyard: 0.4 mi
  • Sykes Street Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Hargraves Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 47
Nature reserves: 43
Historic sites: 37
Peaks: 36
  • Iron Mine Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Stony Hill: 3.0 mi
  • McCauley Mount: 3.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.5 mi
Gardens: 27
Museums: 22
Picnic sites: 11
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 17.4 mi
  • Observation Platform: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 9.7 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 12.4 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 10.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cane Creek MountainsW 275°301 m21.1 mi
Bass MountainW 275°275 m18.8 mi
Occoneechee MountainNNW 340°261 m10.2 mi
Red MountainNNE 20°243 m23.4 mi
Pickards MountainWNW 297°237 m6.3 mi
Brown Elfin KnobNNW 343°234 m10.2 mi
Bald MountainNW 321°232 m4.7 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 237°232 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5419:28
June solstice06:0119:5920:37
September equinox07:0518:4119:15
December solstice07:2416:2717:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424451606876807872615144
Precip in3.42.83.93.63.54.44.13.84.43.23.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill Williams AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/506562608

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