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Curvaceous Kiss

Curvaceous Kiss from directly overhead

Curvaceous Kiss is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sears Farm Road Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 14 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2005
Height
24'
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.79814, -78.88247

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sears Farm Road Park: 0.1 mi
  • Thomas Brooks Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cary Tennis Park: 1.2 mi
  • Green Hope Elementary Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mills School Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 50
Nature reserves: 50
Historic sites: 41
  • American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Battle of Morrisville Station: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 6.2 mi
  • Collapsed Barn: 6.3 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 32
Peaks: 32
  • High Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 10.0 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Bennett Mountain: 12.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 12.4 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 7.3 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 9.7 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.7 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Moosejaw Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 22.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainNW 324°261 m22.6 mi
Pickards MountainNW 306°237 m19.3 mi
Brown Elfin KnobNW 325°234 m22.5 mi
Terrells MountainWNW 287°232 m16.6 mi
Bald MountainNW 314°232 m17.8 mi
Scarlett HillNW 323°228 m19.6 mi
Blackwood MountainNW 318°224 m17.2 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 330°223 m21.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2717:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606875797872615144
Precip in3.63.04.13.63.84.35.14.65.33.73.43.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2359623062

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