Old Well
Old Well is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McCorkle Place, a park 0.1 miles away. Football Road passes 2.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
landmark of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Wikidata Q7085397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Football Road
- 6.7 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 7.9 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Devil's Stompin' Ground Road
Overlooks nearby
- #44 Racecar · 11 mi
- #12 Racecar · 11 mi
- Historic Grandstand · 11 mi
- Trading Path View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McCorkle Place: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Grove: 0.5 mi
- Parker Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Small Courtyard: 0.6 mi
- Hargraves Park: 0.7 mi
- Exhale: 0.4 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 0.9 mi
- Tatanka: 1.2 mi
- Plaid Cow: 3.2 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 4.0 mi
- Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower: 0.3 mi
- Bennett Place: 9.1 mi
- 11-foot-8 Bridge: 9.9 mi
- Boxyard RTP: 10.1 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 10.2 mi
- Adams Tract: 1.5 mi
- William L. Hunt Arboretum: 1.6 mi
- Berryhill Rhododendron Bluffs: 2.0 mi
- Laurel Hill Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Parker Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Joseph Caldwell Monument: 0.1 mi
- Unsung Founders Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Hippol Castle: 0.9 mi
- Kemp Plummer Battle Bench: 0.9 mi
- Stone Knoll: 3.8 mi
- Iron Mine Hill: 1.5 mi
- Nunn Mountain: 2.9 mi
- High Hill: 3.3 mi
- McCauley Mount: 3.3 mi
- Stony Hill: 3.8 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 0.1 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Carolina Basketball Museum: 1.0 mi
- Nasher Museum of Art: 9.1 mi
- The History Hub Museum: 10.1 mi
- Alumni Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Coker Arboretum: 0.2 mi
- Sam W. Hitt Medicinal Plant Garden: 0.5 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Poisonous Plant Garden: 1.3 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 2.6 mi
- White Oak Recreation Area: 12.2 mi
- Youth camp tables, fire pit, wood storage: 16.8 mi
- Observation Platform: 21.0 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 10.2 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 11.7 mi
- White Oak Beach: 12.0 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 12.0 mi
- Seaforth Beach: 12.9 mi
- Hollow Rock: 5.4 mi
- Kodak Rock: 9.9 mi
- Coon rock, Jumping rock: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 13.3 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 11.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | W 276° | 301 m | 21.7 mi |
| Bass Mountain | W 277° | 275 m | 19.4 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | NNW 339° | 261 m | 11.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 18° | 243 m | 23.9 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | WNW 300° | 237 m | 7.0 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | NNW 341° | 234 m | 11.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 322° | 232 m | 5.6 mi |
| Terrells Mountain | WSW 244° | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/44342795
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 2 mi
- Research Triangle · 15 mi
- Raleigh · 24 mi
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