Carousel
Carousel is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Edwards Mountain stands 203 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Fountain Terrace, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 22 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Pullen Park Carousel is a classic wood carousel at Pullen Park in Raleigh, North Carolina. Built in 1900, the carousel contains 52 hand-carved basswood animals, 2 chariots (or sleighs), 18 large gilded mirrors and canvas panels and a Wurlitzer #125 band organ made in 1924 by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York. The carousel underwent restoration from 1977 to 1982 during which time the original factory paint was uncovered, documented and conserved. Each hand-carved animal was restored to its exact Munsell Color System paint color preserving the original paint underneath a layer of shellac while enabling the animals to look just as they were originally painted. In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and is a designated Raleigh Historic Landmark.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7259432, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1924
What to expect
- Operated by
- Pullen Park Amusements
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 24.2 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Football Road
- 27.1 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Pullen Park: 0.1 mi
- Mary Yarbrough Court: 0.4 mi
- NC State Memorial Bell Tower: 0.4 mi
- Court of North Carolina: 0.5 mi
- Stafford Commons: 0.5 mi
- Ellipsoid Construction: 0.3 mi
- Mother Strong Tail: 0.4 mi
- Dix: 0.4 mi
- Reflector Dish: 0.6 mi
- Reflector Dish: 0.6 mi
- Goodnights Comedy Club: 0.7 mi
- Historic Allan Herschell Carousel: 2.0 mi
- Walnut Creek Wetland Center: 2.6 mi
- North Raleigh Business Center: 4.8 mi
- Rocket Box Bat House: 7.7 mi
- Reid Wildflower Garden: 2.1 mi
- Prairie Ridge Ecostation: 3.6 mi
- Lake Wheeler: 6.6 mi
- Lake Benson: 7.8 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 7.8 mi
- Memorial Belltower: 0.4 mi
- Nancy: 0.5 mi
- Raleigh Police Memorial: 1.2 mi
- North Carolina Fallen Firefighters: 1.2 mi
- North Carolina Veterans: 1.4 mi
- Sunflower Field: 0.5 mi
- SOL Garden: 1.0 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 1.0 mi
- Sun Sprouts: 1.6 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- CAM Raleigh: 1.0 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center: 1.3 mi
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum): 1.4 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: 1.4 mi
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center: 1.4 mi
- Green Hill: 10.0 mi
- Adam Mountain: 11.9 mi
- High Hill: 21.8 mi
- Edwards Mountain: 22.1 mi
- Boothe Hill: 22.3 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Blount Room: 1.5 mi
- Hargett Room: 1.6 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 3.2 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 8.2 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 18.8 mi
- White Oak Beach: 19.9 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 20.4 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 20.9 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 21.1 mi
- Little River Falls: 17.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 24.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 24.7 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 24.9 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 13.1 mi
- Hollow Rock: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Mountain | WNW 282° | 203 m | 22.1 mi |
| Nunn Mountain | WNW 299° | 188 m | 24.7 mi |
| Boothe Hill | W 278° | 183 m | 22.3 mi |
| Red Hill | W 268° | 183 m | 24.5 mi |
| Burnett Mountain | W 269° | 183 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | W 277° | 167 m | 24.5 mi |
| Iron Mine Hill | WNW 295° | 159 m | 24.9 mi |
| Adam Mountain | N 4° | 145 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 45 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raleigh State Univ, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 76001344OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Pullen Park Carousel, reference 76001344, listed 09/08/76.
OpenStreetMap element way/47933092
Day trips start here
- Raleigh · 3 mi
- Research Triangle · 10 mi
- Chapel Hill · 23 mi
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