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Bottle Chapel

Bottle Chapel from directly overhead

Bottle Chapel is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pollinator Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Cape Fear Historic Byway passes 5.8 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
glass_bottle

How to reach it

Coordinates34.21413, -77.82860

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Airlie Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • New Hanover County Arboretum: 0.5 mi
  • Landfall Park Recreation Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Wrightsville Beach Park: 1.4 mi
  • Island Drive Mini-Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Lumina: 1.8 mi
  • Station 4 Trolley Stop: 1.8 mi
  • Station 5 Trolley Stop (historic): 1.8 mi
  • Station 3 Trolley Stop: 1.8 mi
  • Station 6 Trolley Stop: 1.9 mi
Attractions: 22
Museums: 14
Gardens: 6
  • Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Harbor Way Gardens: 1.2 mi
  • Devon Park Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • The Transplanted Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Yahweh Garden: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 6
Peaks: 2
  • Sand Hill: 17.8 mi
  • Sand Ball Hill: 18.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Wynn Plaza Pavilion: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sand HillWSW 257°17 m17.8 mi
Sand Ball HillNW 322°10 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5019:23
June solstice06:0119:5020:27
September equinox07:0018:3719:10
December solstice07:1416:2817:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474955647178828075665650
Precip in3.83.54.03.14.55.76.98.28.74.73.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7078029512

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