Fish Cleaning Station
Fish Cleaning Station is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Knoll Cedars stands 4 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Hatteras Light Station, a lighthouse 1.0 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- NPS
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ocracoke Pony Pens Viewing Area · 20 mi
- Light Station · 27 mi
25 named places within 25 miles
- Creeds Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bare Hill: 7.7 mi
- Styron Hills: 14.6 mi
- Scrag Cedars: 19.1 mi
- The Knoll: 20.8 mi
- Frisco Bathhouse Sandy Bay Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
- Frisco Hatteras Access: 7.2 mi
- Graveyard Atlantic Museum and Ramp 55: 10.0 mi
- Ocracoke Pony Pens: 20.2 mi
- Salvo Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
- America's 1st Attempt at Civil War Reunification: 9.1 mi
- Flagship USS Minnesota: 10.0 mi
- Maritime Casualties of the American Civil War: 10.1 mi
- Burnside's Expedition Crossing Hatteras Bar: 10.1 mi
- Fort Clark: 10.1 mi
- Museum of the Sea: 1.1 mi
- Lost Colony Museum and Gifts: 2.2 mi
- Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center: 5.3 mi
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum: 10.0 mi
- Old Lighthouse Beach: 1.3 mi
- Bald Beach: 12.5 mi
- Cape Hatteras Light Station: 1.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fish Cleaning Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knoll Cedars | WSW 252° | 4 m | 21.5 mi |
| Creeds Hill | W 275° | 3 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bare Hill | W 261° | 3 m | 7.7 mi |
| Styron Hills | WSW 255° | 3 m | 14.6 mi |
| The Knoll | WSW 252° | 3 m | 20.8 mi |
| Parkers Hill | WSW 252° | 2 m | 21.8 mi |
| First Hammock Hills | WSW 251° | 2 m | 24.1 mi |
| Scrag Cedars | WSW 253° | 1 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:15 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 58 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Frisco 2nne, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/327614818
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