- Elevation, modelled
- 100 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Cane Creek Mountains301 m · 23.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Colonial Heritage Byway4.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 35.9457, -79.0116
Plaid Cow is a artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled 100 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, a park 0.3 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plaid Cow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 270° | 301 m | 23.7 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 270° | 275 m | 21.5 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NW 323° | 261 m | 10.1 mi |
| Glenns Mountain | NNE 16° | 244 m | 22.6 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 15° | 243 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | W 279° | 237 m | 8.4 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NW 325° | 234 m | 10.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 290° | 232 m | 6.0 mi |
- 4.7 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Football Road
- 6.5 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 13.6 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 10 mi
- #12 Racecar · 10 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 10 mi
- Trading Path View · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery: 0.3 mi
- Ephesus Park: 0.8 mi
- Pritchard Park: 1.6 mi
- Community Center Park: 1.8 mi
- Chapel Hill Road Park: 1.8 mi
- Tatanka: 2.0 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 3.2 mi
- Exhale: 3.5 mi
- James B. Duke: 5.6 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 6.8 mi
- Hollow Rock Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Adams Tract: 3.8 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 3.9 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Orange County Parks Operations Base: 4.4 mi
- Old Well: 3.2 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 3.3 mi
- Bennett Place: 6.1 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 6.8 mi
- Duke Homestead: 8.0 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 2.7 mi
- Hippol Castle: 2.7 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 3.2 mi
- Old Powerline Mill: 4.0 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 3.4 mi
- Blackwood Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.2 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 3.1 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 3.3 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 3.6 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 5.9 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 7.0 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 3.1 mi
- HOPE Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 3.3 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 3.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 3.4 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 7.3 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 13.9 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 14.1 mi
- White Oak Beach: 14.2 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 15.2 mi
- Hollow Rock: 2.4 mi
- Kodak Rock: 7.1 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Falls: 1.5 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 16.1 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 7.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:27 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill Williams AP, 3 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Chapel Hill · 1 mi
- Research Triangle · 13 mi
- Raleigh · 22 mi
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