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Old Durham Mural

Old Durham Mural from directly overhead

Old Durham Mural is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pixel Wall Durham, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 3.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Part of the original building left standing

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Coordinates36.00175, -78.90013

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Pixel Wall Durham: 0.1 mi
  • Visionary Leadership in the New South: 0.4 mi
  • Winding Out: 0.4 mi
  • Bug Walk: 0.6 mi
  • Corner of Watt's and Trinity: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old North Durham Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bay Hargrove Park: 0.3 mi
  • Black Wall Street Gardens: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 52
  • 11-foot-8 Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Mercury Rocket: 1.9 mi
  • Sheep: 2.0 mi
  • Donkey: 2.0 mi
  • Parasaurolophus: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 41
  • Turtle: 0.1 mi
  • Cardinal: 0.1 mi
  • Major the bull: 0.4 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Grace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 0.3 mi
  • Victory Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Burch Ave Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Orchard Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Blackwood Mountain: 10.5 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 5.9 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.6 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.4 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 12.1 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.7 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 17.6 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 4.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 289°261 m13.1 mi
Glenns MountainN 360°244 m17.9 mi
Red MountainN 357°243 m16.5 mi
Pickards MountainW 260°237 m14.7 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 290°234 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainW 261°232 m12.0 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 238°232 m17.6 mi
Scarlett HillW 278°228 m10.9 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 solstice07:2316:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6053387309

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