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Light Passage

Light Passage from directly overhead

Light Passage is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 150 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is L'île Folie, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 18 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2023
Material
stainless_steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.78423, -78.77930

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • L'île Folie: 0.0 mi
  • The Meeting Place: 0.3 mi
  • Trash Compactor: 2.9 mi
  • Apex Art Installation: 3.3 mi
  • Hannah: 4.3 mi
Parks
  • Downtown Cary Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old Library Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kay Struffolino Park: 0.3 mi
  • Page-Walker Arts & History Center: 0.3 mi
  • Heater Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Attractions: 53
Historic sites: 36
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 1.3 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
Gardens: 33
Museums: 30
Peaks: 25
  • 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
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.9 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 6.2 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 6.4 mi
  • Blount Room: 8.0 mi
  • Hargett Room: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • 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
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Moosejaw Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Little River Falls: 24.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pickards MountainWNW 300°237 m24.6 mi
Terrells MountainWNW 285°232 m22.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 305°232 m22.9 mi
Scarlett HillNW 313°228 m24.2 mi
Blackwood MountainNW 309°224 m22.0 mi
Collins MountainWNW 284°213 m24.9 mi
Currie HillNW 311°212 m23.9 mi
Edwards MountainWNW 286°203 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5319:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2617:06

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13709794430

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