Bare Sand Beach
Bare Sand Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Diamond City Hills stands 1 m to the southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, a museum 2.6 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States.
Wikidata Q34674092, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Outer Banks Scenic Byway, National
68 named places within 25 miles
- Marshallberg Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Manley Gaskill Park: 4.0 mi
- Curtis Perry Park: 8.7 mi
- Freedom Park: 9.3 mi
- Highland Park: 9.5 mi
- Island Express Ferry Service: 10.5 mi
- Lookout Cruises: 10.6 mi
- Fort Macon: 11.1 mi
- Morehead City Waterfront: 13.3 mi
- Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag: 15.5 mi
- Core Sound Waterfowl Museum: 2.6 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum: 10.7 mi
- Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center: 10.8 mi
- Carteret County Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Carteret County Museum of History: 16.0 mi
- Cape Lookout Shoals: 7.3 mi
- Deer Field Shores: 11.6 mi
- Pine Knoll Shores: 17.9 mi
- Cape Lookout beach camping: 21.9 mi
- Indian Beach: 22.0 mi
- Rachel Carson Estuarine Sanctuary: 8.9 mi
- North River: 12.2 mi
- Cedar Island National Wildlife Reserve: 16.7 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area: 19.8 mi
- Diamond City Hills: 3.7 mi
- Bald Hill: 5.8 mi
- High Hill: 7.6 mi
- 1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins: 4.3 mi
- Big Rock: 13.3 mi
- Diamond City: 3.9 mi
- Blackbeard: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bare Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond City Hills | SW 236° | 1 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | W 265° | 1 m | 5.8 mi |
| High Hill | W 271° | 0 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:21 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 66 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 7.3 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaufort - Asos, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Shell Point, Harkers Island, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357797266
Day trips start here
- Crystal Coast · 3 mi
- Harkers Island · 4 mi
- Beaufort · 10 mi
- Atlantic Beach · 15 mi
- Morehead City · 15 mi
- Newport · 23 mi
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