- Elevation, modelled
- 144 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Blackwood Mountain224 m · 24.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Colonial Heritage Byway19.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 35.8076, -78.7040
Ernest and Ruth is a artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled 144 m. Blackwood Mountain stands 224 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Daydreamer: Kinetic Musical Benches, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 19 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ernest and Ruth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Mountain | WNW 300° | 224 m | 24.6 mi |
| Edwards Mountain | W 278° | 203 m | 19.6 mi |
| Couch Mountain | NW 312° | 193 m | 22.2 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | WNW 298° | 188 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 186 m | 24.4 mi |
| McCauley Mount | WNW 284° | 185 m | 23.1 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 274° | 183 m | 19.9 mi |
| Red Hill | W 263° | 183 m | 22.4 mi |
- 19.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 21.6 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Football Road
- 26.2 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 28 mi
- #12 Racecar · 28 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 28 mi
- Trading Path View · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Daydreamer: Kinetic Musical Benches: 0.0 mi
- Large Spindle Piece: 0.0 mi
- Musical Swings: 0.1 mi
- Whisper Bench: 0.1 mi
- Ulau: 0.1 mi
- Meredith College Greenway: 0.7 mi
- House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
- House Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
- House Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
- JC Raulston Arboretum: 1.0 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 2.8 mi
- Carousel: 3.0 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 4.9 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 5.4 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 5.5 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 0.7 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 1.4 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.7 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 6.9 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 7.3 mi
- Nancy: 2.6 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 2.7 mi
- Lassiter Mill: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.8 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 4.0 mi
- SOL Garden: 2.0 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 3.1 mi
- Sunflower Field: 3.4 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 4.3 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- East Building: 0.2 mi
- West Building: 0.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 3.9 mi
- Green Hill: 9.8 mi
- Adam Mountain: 10.4 mi
- High Hill: 19.2 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 19.6 mi
- Boothe Hill: 19.9 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 2.9 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.3 mi
- Blount Room: 4.3 mi
- Hargett Room: 4.4 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 5.3 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 16.9 mi
- White Oak Beach: 18.1 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 18.7 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 19.3 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 19.3 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 13.2 mi
- Hollow Rock: 20.7 mi
- Kodak Rock: 22.9 mi
- Little River Falls: 19.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 21.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 22.9 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 22.2 mi
| 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 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
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, 1 mi away.
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- Research Triangle · 7 mi
- Chapel Hill · 20 mi
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