Compost Education Center
Compost Education Center is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 103 m. Pickards Mountain stands 237 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cary Senior Center Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 16 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Cary
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 16.7 mi off the Football Road
- 20.1 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
- 21.5 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 24 mi
- #12 Racecar · 24 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 25 mi
- Trading Path View · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Prestonwood Soccer Complex: 0.4 mi
- Bond Park: 0.5 mi
- Bond Park: 0.5 mi
- Bond Park: 0.6 mi
- Bond Park: 1.1 mi
- Apex Art Installation: 2.2 mi
- The Meeting Place: 2.7 mi
- L'île Folie: 2.7 mi
- Light Passage: 2.7 mi
- Curvaceous Kiss: 3.2 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 2.0 mi
- Tarbert Gatehouse Trail: 2.2 mi
- Walden Creek Property: 3.9 mi
- Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Kelly Glen Park: 5.3 mi
- Bond Park Challenge Course: 0.1 mi
- Phillips Farms: 3.9 mi
- Chimney Swift Tower: 4.9 mi
- Rocket Box Bat House: 4.9 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 8.1 mi
- Battle of Morrisville Station: 2.6 mi
- American Eagle Flights 3378 and 3379 Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Eagle Project Troop 347 2003: 3.4 mi
- Camp Craggy: 5.6 mi
- Nancy: 8.7 mi
- Cary Senior Center Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Carpenter Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- SOL Garden: 8.4 mi
- Hunt Rain Garden: 8.6 mi
- Sunflower Field: 9.5 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 7.1 mi
- West Building: 7.2 mi
- North Carolina Museum of Art: 7.3 mi
- East Building: 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
- Adam Mountain: 15.3 mi
- Red Hill: 15.3 mi
- Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 6.5 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 7.3 mi
- Fountain Terrace: 9.2 mi
- Blount Room: 10.8 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 9.8 mi
- White Oak Beach: 10.9 mi
- Poplar Point Beach: 11.6 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.2 mi
- Ebenezer Church Beach: 12.3 mi
- Hollow Rock: 16.8 mi
- ledge off to drainage area: 19.7 mi
- Kodak Rock: 20.1 mi
- Raven Rock: 22.2 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 15.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 16.5 mi
- Jumping Fish Falls: 21.5 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Compost Education Center. 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 | 22.2 mi |
| Blackwood Mountain | NW 314° | 224 m | 19.9 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NW 325° | 223 m | 23.8 mi |
| Collins Mountain | WNW 285° | 213 m | 22.3 mi |
| Currie Hill | NW 316° | 212 m | 21.9 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/37257081
Day trips start here
- Research Triangle · 7 mi
- Raleigh · 11 mi
- Chapel Hill · 15 mi
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