- Elevation, modelled
- 139 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Cane Creek Mountains301 m · 21.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Football Road2.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:37local time
- Coordinates
- 35.9086, -79.0492
Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is a attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled 139 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Well, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Football Road passes 2.1 miles off. 163 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
campanile in North Carolina, United States
Dates from 1931.
Wikidata Q23035410, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Height
- 52.4 m
- Step-free access
- No
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 277° | 301 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 278° | 275 m | 19.5 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 339° | 261 m | 11.3 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 18° | 243 m | 24.1 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 302° | 237 m | 7.3 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 341° | 234 m | 11.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 323° | 232 m | 5.8 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 246° | 232 m | 7.2 mi |
- 2.1 mi off the Football Road
- 6.9 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 14.9 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 12 mi
- #12 Racecar · 12 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 12 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
163 named places within 25 miles
- Old Well: 0.3 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.3 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 9.9 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 10.0 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 10.4 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.3 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Hippol Castle: 0.8 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 0.8 mi
- Stone Knoll: 4.0 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 1.8 mi
- High Hill: 3.0 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 3.2 mi
- McCauley Mount: 3.3 mi
- Stony Hill: 4.1 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 0.4 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 0.4 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 0.7 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.2 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.2 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.4 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.4 mi
- White Oak Beach: 11.7 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 11.7 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.6 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.3 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 23 mi
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