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Bond Park Challenge Course

Bond Park Challenge Course from directly overhead

Bond Park Challenge Course is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Compost Education Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 17 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Bond Park Challenge Course is an outdoor learning facility that is more than a recreational experience. Our guests engage in a facilitated experience that focuses on teamwork. Our Challenge Course, is often called a "ropes course”.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Cary

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates35.78340, -78.82851

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bond Park: 0.4 mi
  • Prestonwood Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bond Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 48
  • Compost Education Center: 0.1 mi
  • Phillips Farms: 3.9 mi
  • Chimney Swift Tower: 4.9 mi
  • Rocket Box Bat House: 4.9 mi
  • The Giant Chair: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
  • Battle of Morrisville Station: 2.7 mi
  • American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.5 mi
  • Camp Craggy: 5.7 mi
  • Nancy: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 34
Museums: 30
Peaks: 27
  • High Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Edwards Mountain: 13.2 mi
  • Boothe Hill: 13.2 mi
  • Red Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Bennett Mountain: 15.3 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 6.5 mi
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.4 mi
  • Fountain Terrace: 9.2 mi
  • White Oak Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
  • Blount Room: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Crosswinds Beach: 9.7 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Seaforth Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Ebenezer Church Beach: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 3
  • Moosejaw Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Cedar Falls: 16.6 mi
  • Jumping Fish Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pickards MountainNW 304°237 m22.3 mi
Terrells MountainWNW 287°232 m19.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 310°232 m20.7 mi
Scarlett HillNW 318°228 m22.3 mi
Blackwood MountainNW 314°224 m20.0 mi
Poplar RidgeNW 325°223 m23.9 mi
Collins MountainWNW 285°213 m22.3 mi
Currie HillNW 316°212 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:27
June solstice06:0019:5720:35
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2216:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414451606875797872615144
Precip in3.63.04.13.63.84.35.14.65.33.73.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apex, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1219902586

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