Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower
Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 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. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
campanile in North Carolina, United States
Dates from 1931.
Wikidata Q23035410, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 52.4 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 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
Named places within 25 miles
- Parker Community Park: 0.3 mi
- McCorkle Place: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Grove: 0.4 mi
- Small Courtyard: 0.8 mi
- Hargraves Park: 0.9 mi
- Exhale: 0.6 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 1.1 mi
- Tatanka: 1.3 mi
- Plaid Cow: 3.3 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 4.1 mi
- 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
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 1.4 mi
- Adams Tract: 1.7 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 1.9 mi
- Parker Preserve: 2.1 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
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 0.3 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 0.4 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 1.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.1 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.4 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.5 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 16.7 mi
- Observation Platform: 21.1 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
- Hollow Rock: 5.5 mi
- Kodak Rock: 10.1 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.6 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.3 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.1 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.1 mi
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 |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chapel Hill 2 W, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/44341889
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 23 mi
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