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Coquina Beach

Coquina Beach, a beach in North Carolina
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Coquina Beach, a beach in North Carolina
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Coquina Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Kill Devil Hill stands 28 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bodie Island Lighthouse, a lighthouse 1.1 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway runs past it. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

About

The story

Coquina Beach is a beach in North Carolina, US, located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. It is located not far from the Wright Brothers National Memorial and is off highway 12 at milepost 22, 8 miles (13 km) south of Nags Head, North Carolina. Local activities include swimming, crabbing, surf fishing, surfing, shell collecting, bird and wildlife watching and sightseeing. Coquina Beach is considered by many visitors to be among the loveliest beaches in the Outer Banks. The beach is named for the tiny Coquina clams (Donax variabilis) which abound in the margin (water's edge).

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q5169333, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.83406, -75.55767

Overlooks nearby

Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 23
  • Whalebone Park: 5.6 mi
  • Harvey Soundside Park: 6.2 mi
  • OBX Festival: 6.3 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 8.1 mi
  • George Washington Creef Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Pea Island Life Savers: 8.9 mi
  • Fort Raleigh ruin: 11.1 mi
  • 1903/12/17 Sculpture: 13.7 mi
  • Wright Brothers Monument: 13.9 mi
  • First Flight Boulder: 14.3 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Oregon Inlet Fishing Center: 2.6 mi
  • Jumpmasters Trampoline Park: 7.4 mi
  • Elizabeth II: 8.1 mi
  • The Mother Vine: 8.8 mi
  • Lost Colony House: 11.1 mi
Museums: 8
Peaks: 6
  • Seven Sisters: 8.8 mi
  • Engagement Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Lagerhead Hills: 13.8 mi
  • Kill Devil Hill: 13.9 mi
  • Kill Devil Hills: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Rodanthe Public Beach Access: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kill Devil HillNNW 334°28 m13.9 mi
West HillNNW 333°14 m14.2 mi
Engagement HillNNW 332°6 m10.1 mi
Seven SistersNNW 335°5 m8.8 mi
Kill Devil HillsNNW 334°2 m14.0 mi
Lagerhead HillsSSE 162°1 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:14
June solstice05:4719:4520:22
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:0916:1316:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434551606776807874655548
Precip in3.83.23.82.93.54.55.35.64.53.22.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manteo AP, 10 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 0.91 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station OREGON INLET MARINA, NC, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357797134

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