Bond Park Challenge Course
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
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 16.8 mi off the Football Road
- 20.0 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
- 21.6 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 25 mi
- #12 Racecar · 25 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 25 mi
- Trading Path View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Apex Art Installation: 2.1 mi
- The Meeting Place: 2.7 mi
- L'île Folie: 2.8 mi
- Light Passage: 2.8 mi
- Curvaceous Kiss: 3.2 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 1.9 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 2.1 mi
- Walden Creek Property: 3.8 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Kelly Glen Park: 5.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Carpenter Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- SOL Garden: 8.4 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 8.6 mi
- Sunflower Field: 9.5 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 7.2 mi
- West Building: 7.2 mi
- East Building: 7.3 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 7.3 mi
- Randleigh Dairy Heritage Museum: 9.3 mi
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Hollow Rock: 16.9 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 19.8 mi
- Kodak Rock: 20.2 mi
- Raven Rock: 22.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 16.6 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 21.4 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickards Mountain | NW 304° | 237 m | 22.3 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WNW 287° | 232 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 310° | 232 m | 20.7 mi |
| Scarlett Hill | NW 318° | 228 m | 22.3 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | NW 314° | 224 m | 20.0 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NW 325° | 223 m | 23.9 mi |
| Collins Mountain | WNW 285° | 213 m | 22.3 mi |
| Currie Hill | NW 316° | 212 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Apex, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1219902586
Day trips start here
- Research Triangle · 7 mi
- Raleigh · 11 mi
- Chapel Hill · 15 mi
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