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Pine Knoll Shores

Pine Knoll Shores is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Bald Hill stands 1 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Village Park, a park 1.9 miles away. Outer Banks Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.69933, -76.79799

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mitchell Village Park: 1.9 mi
  • Mansfield Park: 2.0 mi
  • Carteret County Open Space: 2.1 mi
  • Bryan Street Pond: 2.1 mi
  • Atlantic Beach Town Park: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 9
  • Battle Works - Tactical Laser Tag: 2.4 mi
  • Lost Treasure Raceway: 4.6 mi
  • Lost Treasure Bumper Boats: 4.7 mi
  • Morehead City Waterfront: 5.1 mi
  • Fort Macon: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 6
Nature reserves: 3
Peaks: 3
  • High Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Diamond City Hills: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Big Rock: 5.1 mi
  • 1812 Lighthouse Foundation Ruins: 16.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Blackbeard: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillE1 m12.2 mi
Diamond City HillsESE1 m15.3 mi
High HillE0 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:19
June solstice05:5519:4720:24
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1116:2217:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464754627077818077675850
Precip in4.23.73.44.04.53.95.77.19.74.23.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Atlantic Beach WTP, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Coral Bay, Atlantic Beach, NC, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357805200

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