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Market House

Market House from directly overhead

Market House is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Gaddys Mountain stands 165 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Market House National Landmark, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Averasboro Battlefield Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

building in North Carolina, United States

Wikidata Q6770691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1838

How to reach it

Coordinates35.05257, -78.87831

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Market House National Landmark: 0.0 mi
  • Maiden Lane Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fayetteville Area Transpotation & Local History Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Historical Parade Grounds / Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Cross Creek Linear Park Trail: 0.2 mi
Museums: 15
Peaks: 14
  • Coolyconch Mountain: 12.7 mi
  • Hams Hill: 15.3 mi
  • Killens Hill: 16.2 mi
  • Finlayson Mountain: 17.7 mi
  • Gaddys Mountain: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 9
Artworks: 6
  • Cook Quad Sculpture: 1.6 mi
  • Omega-Psi-Phi Monument: 1.7 mi
  • Delta-Sigma-Theta Memorial Well: 1.7 mi
  • Unity: 1.7 mi
  • Bronco Sculpture: 1.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Cape Fear Botanical Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Cape Fear River Trail: 2.5 mi
  • Clark Park Falls: 2.5 mi
  • ZipQuest Waterfall Treetop Adventure: 6.8 mi
  • Boxcar: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Cumberland County I-95 Southbound Rest Area: 4.7 mi
  • Cumberland County I-95 Northbound Rest Area: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Mable C. Smith Picnic site: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Fayetteville Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Carvers Falls: 6.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gaddys MountainWNW 286°165 m18.4 mi
Johnson MountainWNW 287°162 m21.4 mi
Blues MountainW 278°155 m20.4 mi
Finlayson MountainW 275°154 m17.7 mi
Cameron HillNW 322°146 m20.1 mi
Round TopNW 317°144 m21.8 mi
Coolyconch MountainWNW 300°141 m12.7 mi
Holmes HillNNW 333°140 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:27
June solstice06:0319:5620:34
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:2116:2917:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434652617077817974635246
Precip in3.43.23.63.53.44.85.75.24.93.33.43.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fayetteville (pwc), 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 70000451OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • National Register of Historic Places — Market House, reference 70000451, listed 09/15/70.

OpenStreetMap element way/269403731

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