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Pixel Wall Durham

Pixel Wall Durham from directly overhead

Pixel Wall Durham is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Turtle, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 3.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2018
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.00109, -78.90066

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central Park: 0.0 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
Artworks
  • Old Durham Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Visionary Leadership in the New South: 0.3 mi
  • Winding Out: 0.4 mi
  • Bug Walk: 0.6 mi
  • Corner of Watt's and Trinity: 0.7 mi
Attractions: 52
  • 11-foot-8 Bridge: 0.5 mi
  • Mercury Rocket: 1.9 mi
  • Sheep: 2.0 mi
  • Donkey: 2.0 mi
  • Parasaurolophus: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves: 49
Historic sites: 41
  • Turtle: 0.0 mi
  • Cardinal: 0.0 mi
  • Major the bull: 0.3 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Grace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 0.4 mi
  • Victory Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Burch Ave Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Orchard Park Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Blackwood Mountain: 10.4 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 5.9 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 18.5 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 20.3 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: 12.7 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 Pixel Wall Durham. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 289°261 m13.0 mi
Glenns MountainN 360°244 m18.0 mi
Red MountainN 357°243 m16.6 mi
Pickards MountainW 260°237 m14.7 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 290°234 m12.7 mi
Bald MountainW 262°232 m12.0 mi
Terrells MountainWSW 238°232 m17.6 mi
Scarlett HillW 279°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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7115942155

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