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Airplane

Airplane from directly overhead

Airplane is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 87 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hwy 98 Waterfowl Impoundment, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. North Durham Country Byway passes 10 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.97999, -78.73597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Patterson Road Waterfowl Impoundment: 3.4 mi
  • TreeRunner Adventure Park: 3.6 mi
  • Ponse Park: 3.8 mi
  • Brightwood Trails Community Area: 4.0 mi
  • Water Tower Neighborhood Park: 4.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Attractions: 52
  • Frankie's Fun Park: 5.3 mi
  • Martin Marietta Aggregates: 5.9 mi
  • Top Coat Inc: 6.0 mi
  • Team Power Sports: 6.0 mi
  • Southern Industrial Constructors Inc: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 42
  • Peace Pole: 8.1 mi
  • Eiffel Tower Replica: 8.7 mi
  • Cardinal: 9.3 mi
  • Major the bull: 9.3 mi
  • Turtle: 9.3 mi
Gardens: 32
  • Angier Avenue Neighborhood Farm: 8.1 mi
  • Briggs Avenue Community Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 9.0 mi
  • Grace Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Victory Garden: 9.5 mi
Museums: 26
Peaks: 25
  • Adam Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Green Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Huckleberry Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 15.1 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 8.5 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 14.4 mi
  • Hargett Room: 15.1 mi
  • Blount Room: 15.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Bobbit's Hole: 14.9 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 21.8 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 23.7 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainWNW 285°261 m22.3 mi
Glenns MountainNNW 335°244 m21.5 mi
Red MountainNNW 331°243 m20.6 mi
Pickards MountainW 267°237 m23.7 mi
Brown Elfin KnobWNW 285°234 m21.9 mi
Bald MountainW 269°232 m21.1 mi
Scarlett HillW 279°228 m20.2 mi
Blackwood MountainW 271°224 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice05:5919:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:13
December solstice07:2216:2517:05

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394249586674787670584842
Precip in3.52.94.23.73.54.14.84.75.33.33.63.9

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6681662718

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