Kings Bluff
Kings Bluff is a cliff in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wrc Elwell"S Access Area, a nature reserve 6.7 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 22.2 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the Meteor Lakes Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
103 named places within 25 miles
- Bolton Community Recreation Park: 8.8 mi
- Moores Creek National Battlefield: 11.0 mi
- Campsite 3: 14.8 mi
- Phoenix Park: 15.2 mi
- Northwest Township District Park: 16.3 mi
- Wrc Elwell"S Access Area: 6.7 mi
- Wrc Hunt"S Bluff Access Area: 7.7 mi
- Black River Cypress Forest Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Wrc Ivanhoe Access Area: 14.3 mi
- Black River Cypress Forest Preserve: 14.5 mi
- Patriot (Grady) Monument: 10.9 mi
- Loyalist Monument: 10.9 mi
- Moore Monument: 10.9 mi
- Stage Road Monument: 11.0 mi
- Slocumb Monument: 11.0 mi
- Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum: 14.3 mi
- Wilmington Railroad Museum: 22.3 mi
- Burgwin - Wright House: 22.8 mi
- Burnett-Eaton Museum Foundation 3.8 (9): 22.8 mi
- Latimer House Museum: 22.9 mi
- Orange Street Landing: 22.7 mi
- To the Soldiers of the Confederacy: 22.8 mi
- Monument to Cornelius Harnett: 22.8 mi
- Kenan Memorial Fountain: 22.9 mi
- Our Heroes: 23.2 mi
- Sandy Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Squalling Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Walkers Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Sand Ball Hill: 15.3 mi
- Sand Hill: 19.2 mi
- Myrtle Head: 20.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 24.9 mi
- The Transplanted Garden: 23.8 mi
- Williams Plantworks LLC: 23.9 mi
- Yahweh Garden: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kings Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | SSE 152° | 17 m | 19.2 mi |
| Myrtle Head | SSW 212° | 13 m | 20.9 mi |
| Sand Hill | SSW 213° | 13 m | 24.9 mi |
| Sand Ball Hill | E 85° | 10 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:29 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moores Creek NB, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357776336
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- Wilmington · 25 mi
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