The Hooded Witch
The Hooded Witch is an artwork in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Buford Woods, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road runs past it. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
A statue of a hooded witch, she rests right next to the grave yard.
How to reach it
- On the Football Road
- 4.9 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 10.9 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 13.2 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 12 mi
- #12 Racecar · 12 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 12 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buford Woods: 0.1 mi
- Quailview Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Henry Anderson III Community Park: 1.6 mi
- Bel Arbor Neighborhood Park: 2.2 mi
- The Commons: 2.2 mi
- Exhale: 3.6 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 3.6 mi
- Tatanka: 4.9 mi
- Plaid Cow: 6.8 mi
- River Park Arch: 11.6 mi
- Old Well: 4.0 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 4.1 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 6.9 mi
- Bennett Place: 11.8 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 13.5 mi
- University Lake: 0.9 mi
- University Lake: 1.4 mi
- Mccauley Mountain: 1.5 mi
- University Lake: 1.6 mi
- University Lake: 2.3 mi
- McCauley Mount: 1.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.2 mi
- Stony Hill: 2.9 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 3.3 mi
- Terrells Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Stone Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Thomas Lloyd Marker: 2.8 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 4.0 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Hippol Castle: 4.8 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden at MLK, Jr. Park: 2.2 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Winmore Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 3.8 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 3.9 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 3.8 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 4.0 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 4.5 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 11.9 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 12.5 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.7 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 3.7 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Observation Platform: 17.1 mi
- Shelter #3: 18.8 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 12.1 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 12.4 mi
- Haw river beach: 12.8 mi
- White Oak Beach: 12.9 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 13.3 mi
- Hollow Rock: 8.3 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.0 mi
- Kodak Rock: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Falls: 5.9 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 12.7 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Hooded Witch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 279° | 301 m | 17.8 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 280° | 275 m | 15.5 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | N 0° | 261 m | 10.7 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | NNW 332° | 237 m | 4.5 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | N 2° | 234 m | 10.8 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | SW 222° | 232 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bald Mountain | N 7° | 232 m | 4.8 mi |
| Scarlett Hill | N 11° | 228 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill 2 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4917377313
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 5 mi
- Research Triangle · 19 mi
- Raleigh · 27 mi
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