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Explore The Wild: Lemurs

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Explore The Wild: Lemurs is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Occoneechee Mountain stands 261 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Vapor Rings, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Museum of Life + Science

How to reach it

Coordinates36.03276, -78.89551

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rock Quarry Park: 0.4 mi
  • Glendale Heights Park: 0.5 mi
  • Northgate Park: 0.7 mi
  • Northgate Park: 0.8 mi
  • Red Maple Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Globe Sculpture: 1.7 mi
  • Sundial: 1.7 mi
  • Pyramid Sculpture: 1.8 mi
  • Belmont Dragon: 1.8 mi
  • B.N. Duke: 2.0 mi
Attractions: 50
  • Vapor Rings: 0.1 mi
  • Wind Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Traveling Seeds: 0.1 mi
  • Explore The Wild: Red Wolves: 0.1 mi
  • Bird Viewing: 0.1 mi
Historic sites: 41
  • Turtle: 2.2 mi
  • Cardinal: 2.2 mi
  • Major the bull: 2.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Peace Pole: 4.1 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Wild Hearts Garden & Park: 2.0 mi
  • Peace Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Grace Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Burch Ave Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Huckleberry Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Couch Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Piney Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Nunn Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Poplar Ridge: 10.2 mi
Museums: 26
Beaches: 9
  • Bobbit's Hole: 5.3 mi
  • Crosswinds Beach: 20.7 mi
  • White Oak Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Parker's Creek Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Poplar Point Beach: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 13.6 mi
  • Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 14.4 mi
  • Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Pavillion: 18.1 mi
  • Lake Johnson Shelter 4: 21.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Springs: 1
  • Ye Olde Valley Spring: 3.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Occoneechee MountainW 279°261 m12.8 mi
Glenns MountainN 359°244 m15.8 mi
Red MountainN 356°243 m14.4 mi
Pickards MountainWSW 252°237 m15.5 mi
Brown Elfin KnobW 280°234 m12.4 mi
Bald MountainWSW 252°232 m12.8 mi
Terrells MountainSW 233°232 m19.1 mi
Scarlett HillW 267°228 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:28
June solstice06:0019:5820:36
September equinox07:0418:4019:14
December solstice07:2316:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384149586674787670594942
Precip in4.02.94.53.73.85.24.25.24.73.43.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/468190484

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