Ellipsoid Construction
Ellipsoid Construction is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mary Yarbrough Court, a park 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1960
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 23.9 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Football Road
- 27.4 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mary Yarbrough Court: 0.1 mi
- Court of North Carolina: 0.1 mi
- NC State Memorial Bell Tower: 0.1 mi
- Pullen Park: 0.2 mi
- Gardner Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Reflector Dish: 0.3 mi
- Reflector Dish: 0.3 mi
- William Clyde Friday: 0.5 mi
- Mother Strong Tail: 0.7 mi
- Dix: 0.8 mi
- Carousel: 0.3 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 0.5 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 2.3 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 2.8 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.6 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 1.8 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 3.4 mi
- Lake Wheeler: 6.8 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Lake Benson: 8.1 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 0.1 mi
- Nancy: 0.6 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 1.3 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 1.3 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 1.5 mi
- SOL Garden: 0.8 mi
- Sunflower Field: 0.9 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 1.7 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 9.1 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 1.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center: 1.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: 1.5 mi
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum): 1.5 mi
- North Carolina Museum of History: 1.5 mi
- Green Hill: 9.8 mi
- Adam Mountain: 11.6 mi
- High Hill: 21.7 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 22.0 mi
- Boothe Hill: 22.2 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 0.3 mi
- Blount Room: 1.7 mi
- Hargett Room: 1.7 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.3 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.9 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 18.7 mi
- White Oak Beach: 19.9 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 20.4 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 20.9 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 21.1 mi
- Little River Falls: 17.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 23.8 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 24.7 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 12.9 mi
- Hollow Rock: 23.4 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ellipsoid Construction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | W 281° | 203 m | 22.0 mi |
| Couch Mountain | NW 311° | 193 m | 24.9 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | WNW 299° | 188 m | 24.5 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 278° | 183 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Hill | W 267° | 183 m | 24.4 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | W 268° | 183 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | W 277° | 167 m | 24.4 mi |
| Iron Mine Hill | WNW 294° | 159 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13116559746
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 10 mi
- Chapel Hill · 23 mi
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