Coon rock, Jumping rock
Coon rock, Jumping rock is a cliff in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 153 m. Cane Creek Mountains stands 301 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Occoneechee Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Colonial Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Local swimming hole
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Colonial Heritage Byway
- 2.6 mi off the Scots-Welsh Heritage Byway
- 10.9 mi off the North Durham Country Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Football Road
Overlooks nearby
- Historic Grandstand · 2 mi
- #44 Racecar · 2 mi
- #12 Racecar · 2 mi
- Trading Path View · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Murray Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Turnip Patch Park: 1.1 mi
- Hillsborough Heights Park: 1.4 mi
- Mayo Park: 1.5 mi
- River Park: 1.5 mi
- Buffaloe Lanes Mebane: 8.1 mi
- Fireside Farm & Sawmill: 8.6 mi
- Bennett Place: 8.7 mi
- Old Well: 11.3 mi
- Duke Homestead State Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Panther Branch Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Steep Bottom: 3.5 mi
- Duke Forest Edeburn Division: 3.6 mi
- Confluence Natural Area: 5.1 mi
- Orange County Parks Operations Base: 6.5 mi
- Occoneechee Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Brown Elfin Knob: 0.6 mi
- Poplar Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Scarlett Hill: 3.3 mi
- Currie Hill: 3.9 mi
- Billy Strayhorn: 1.5 mi
- Edmund Fanning: 1.5 mi
- Regulators Hanged: 1.5 mi
- The Society of the Cincinnati Monument: 1.8 mi
- Regulator Monument: 1.8 mi
- River Park Arch: 1.5 mi
- Plaid Cow: 10.4 mi
- Bolin Creek Trail: 10.5 mi
- Tatanka: 10.8 mi
- The Hooded Witch: 11.0 mi
- Hillsborough Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Anathoth Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- HOPE Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Winmore Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Carrboro Community Garden at MLK, Jr. Park: 9.8 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Mebane Historical Museum: 8.5 mi
- Morehead Planetarium: 11.2 mi
- Ackland Art Museum: 11.2 mi
- Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum: 11.5 mi
- Small Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Large Picnic Shelter at Southern Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Shelter #3: 18.5 mi
- Shelter #2: 18.5 mi
- Shelter #4: 18.6 mi
- Bobbit's Hole: 7.7 mi
- Parker's Creek Beach: 22.7 mi
- White Oak Beach: 23.2 mi
- Crosswinds Beach: 23.3 mi
- Haw river beach: 23.7 mi
- Kodak Rock: 7.7 mi
- Hollow Rock: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 9.1 mi
- Moosejaw Falls: 23.6 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Alamance County Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Ye Olde Valley Spring: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coon rock, Jumping rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cane Creek Mountains | WSW 245° | 301 m | 19.3 mi |
| Stony Creek Mountain | NW 307° | 286 m | 20.4 mi |
| Bass Mountain | WSW 241° | 275 m | 17.3 mi |
| Occoneechee Mountain | SSE 152° | 261 m | 0.3 mi |
| Glenns Mountain | NE 43° | 244 m | 18.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | NE 44° | 243 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pickards Mountain | SSW 196° | 237 m | 7.3 mi |
| Brown Elfin Knob | ESE 102° | 234 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durham 11 W, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6242607314
Day trips start here
- Chapel Hill · 10 mi
- Research Triangle · 23 mi
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