L'île Folie
L'île Folie is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Passage, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 18 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- aluminium
What to expect
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Football Road
- 22.1 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 26 mi
- #12 Racecar · 26 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 26 mi
- Trading Path View · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Light Passage: 0.0 mi
- The Meeting Place: 0.3 mi
- Trash Compactor: 2.9 mi
- Apex Art Installation: 3.2 mi
- Hannah: 4.3 mi
- Downtown Cary Park: 0.1 mi
- Old Library Park: 0.1 mi
- Kay Struffolino Park: 0.3 mi
- Page-Walker Arts & History Center: 0.4 mi
- Heater Park: 0.4 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 2.3 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 2.5 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 4.0 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 5.9 mi
- Compost Education Center: 2.7 mi
- Bond Park Challenge Course: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Swift Tower: 4.2 mi
- Rocket Box Bat House: 4.2 mi
- Phillips Farms: 6.0 mi
- Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 1.4 mi
- Battle of Morrisville Station: 3.8 mi
- Camp Craggy: 4.3 mi
- American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Nancy: 6.0 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Carpenter Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- SOL Garden: 5.6 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 5.9 mi
- Sunflower Field: 6.7 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 4.5 mi
- West Building: 4.6 mi
- East Building: 4.7 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 4.7 mi
- Randleigh Dairy Heritage Museum: 6.9 mi
- Adam Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Green Hill: 14.1 mi
- High Hill: 15.6 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 15.8 mi
- Boothe Hill: 15.9 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.9 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 6.3 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 6.4 mi
- Blount Room: 8.0 mi
- Hargett Room: 8.1 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 12.4 mi
- White Oak Beach: 13.6 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 14.2 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 14.8 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 14.8 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 17.5 mi
- Hollow Rock: 18.6 mi
- Kodak Rock: 21.5 mi
- Raven Rock: 22.8 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 18.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 18.6 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 22.2 mi
- Little River Falls: 24.1 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of L'île Folie. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 300° | 237 m | 24.7 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WNW 285° | 232 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 305° | 232 m | 22.9 mi |
| Scarlett Hill | NW 313° | 228 m | 24.2 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | NW 309° | 224 m | 22.0 mi |
| Collins Mountain | WNW 284° | 213 m | 24.9 mi |
| Currie Hill | NW 311° | 212 m | 23.9 mi |
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 286° | 203 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apex, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12397999622
Day trips start here
- Research Triangle · 7 mi
- Raleigh · 8 mi
- Chapel Hill · 18 mi
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